Rana Dasgupta

After Nations (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

After Nations explores 'a generalised state of crisis' that afflicts the nation-state worldwide. In an effort to understand this crisis, Rana Dasgupta charts the development of the global nation state project from the Enlightenment to the present, its ongoing value unquestioned-to our detriment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780008639761
• Artikelnr.: 73338371

Autorenporträt

Rana Dasgupta was born in the UK in 1971 and grew up in Cambridge. As an adult he lived in France, Malaysia and the US before moving to Delhi in 2000.

His first book, Tokyo Cancelled, was published in 2005. Narrated by travelers stuck for a night in an airport, Tokyo Cancelled is a cycle of folktales about our contemporary world of globalization, corporations, film stars and illegal immigrants. It was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Vodafone Crossword Award.

Solo came out in the UK in 2009 and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Set in Bulgaria, Solo follows the life and daydreams of a melancholy centenarian, so embarking on an epic exploration of science, memory, music and failure. Solo has been translated into twelve languages and will be available in the US in February 2011.

Capital: the Eruption of Delhi, his most recent book, is a non-fiction portrait of Rana Dasgupta's adopted city.