¡Esto es Calcuta!

¡Esto es Calcuta!

Ana M. Briongos

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Editorial:
Ecos Travel Books
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Viajes y vacaciones
ISBN:
9788419713407
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Ana Briongos ha viajado a Calcuta en repetidas ocasiones para acompañar a un amigo a reencontrarse con su familia india y con el empeño y avidez de la asignatura pendiente. A partir de estas estancias en la ciudad la autora hilvana un relato personal en el que confluyen personajes tan reales como sorprendentes y un retrato de la gran urbe india en la que no faltan los ricos comerciantes marwaris convertidos en coleccionistas de arte, los bajos fondos de Sudder Street, los parsis viviendo entre la modernidad y sus antiguas tradiciones, los señores del té con sus plantaciones en Darjeeling y sus subastas en Calcuta, las familias que sobreviven en las aceras, ejemplos de dignidad en medio de la pobreza, el turismo de la mala conciencia o la cicatriz siempre presente de la partición entre India y Pakistán... Una historia íntima que se mezcla con la propia de Calcuta y con la vida en esta ciudad, y que nos va revelando misterios escondidos, tabúes, grandezas y miserias de un mundo extraordinario.

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