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Product Identifiers
PublisherBrealey Publishing, Nicholas
ISBN-101857885953
ISBN-139781857885958
eBay Product ID (ePID)150565813
Product Key Features
Book TitleAround India in 80 Trains
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicRailroads / History, Essays & Travelogues, Asia / India & South Asia
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Transportation
AuthorMonisha Rajesh
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-460315
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA great big lovely shambling train ride of a book, offering wonderful views, hilarious interludes, all sorts of dodgy characters and some very peculiar smells, all for one ticket. -Giles Coren, bestselling author and The Times columnist|9781857885958|, "I love train trips and I love travelling around India. If you do too, then this book is a wonderful companion" -- Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, "A great big lovely shambling train ride of a book, offering wonderful views, hilarious interludes, all sorts of dodgy characters and some very peculiar smells, all for one ticket." -Giles Coren, bestselling author and The Times columnist, "A promising debut from a writer to watch.I am stung with jealousy, not just for the epic journey she makes rediscovering her Indian heritage on ordinary trains, luxury trains, Mumbai's packed commuter trains, even a toy train but just for the talismanic power of such a ticket: the idea that you could have one in your hand tomorrow and just go!" - Giles Foden, Condé Nast Traveller, One of 2012's Books of the Year: "A wonderfully wry and witty debut. Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." - William Dalrymple, author of The Last Mughal, "This beautifully written book, a witty and insightful traveller's-eye view of the country from inside its rail network. It is also an account of a life-shaping journey. An assortment of mustachioed maharajas, wicked wedding-crashers, pinstriped sikhs, indignant inspectors, spotty know-it-alls in Che Guevara T-shirts and crafty rickshaw drivers bursts from the pages... all of this is done with the lightest of touches and a dry wit...This excellent debut will stand the test of time. Just like India's railways."- The Sunday Telegraph, "A promising debut from a writer to watch.I am stung with jealousy, not just for the epic journey she makes rediscovering her Indian heritage - on ordinary trains, luxury trains, Mumbai's packed commuter trains, even a toy train - but just for the talismanic power of such a ticket: the idea that you could have one in your hand tomorrow and just go!" - Giles Foden, Cond Nast Traveller, "A promising debut from a writer to watch.I am stung with jealousy, not just for the epic journey she makes rediscovering her Indian heritage - on ordinary trains, luxury trains, Mumbai's packed commuter trains, even a toy train - but just for the talismanic power of such a ticket: the idea that you could have one in your hand tomorrow and just go!" - Giles Foden, Condé Nast Traveller, "A wonderfully wry and witty debut. Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." - William Dalrymple, author of The Last Mughal, "One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey through the vast tangle and bewildering extension of India's railways. The ticketing bureaucracy is mad, the travelling companions infinitely varied, the pleasure, discomforts and revelations such that she is guaranteed what even the wriest and most sceptical traveller yearns for: some deeper knowledge of oneself." - Tim Parks, travel writer and Booker Prize nominee
Dewey Decimal915.4/04532
SynopsisTo understand India you have to see it, hear it, breathe it and feel it. Living through the good, the bad and the ugly is the only way to know where you fit in and where India fits into you...In 1991 Monisha and her family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. But fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads, paying bribes, and the creepy colonel across the road, they soon returned to England with a bitter taste in her mouth. But twenty years later, she turns to a map of the Indian railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000km - the circumference of the Earth. Indian trains carry over twenty million passengers every day, ploughing through cities, crawling past villages, climbing up mountains and skimming along coasts. Monisha hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her...As one of the largest civilian employers in the world, featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels, Monisha discovers that the railways have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed 'militant devout atheist' in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for., In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths. Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her. Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed 'militant devout atheist' in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for..., "Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." -- William Dalrymple In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths. Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her. Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed "militant devout atheist" in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for...
LC Classification NumberDS414.2
