{"product_id":"civil-lines-6-new-writings-from-india","title":"Civil Lines 6   -   New Writings from India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ruchir Joshi\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): Mukul Kesvan\/Kai Friese\/Achal Prabhala\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2011\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 248\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789350290989\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivil Lines went to bed in 2001 and rose nearly a decade later in an unrecognizable world. Rip Van Winkle slept twice as long but woke up less disoriented: time moves faster in Google world than it did in the Catskills in the late eighteenth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe best explanation for the elephantine gestation of Civil Lines 6 is the truth, in the words of the editors themselves: unsure of their editorial judgment, they waited for the submissions to pass the test of time. And this is a collection of the pieces that survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor us at Civil Lines, the advent of the world Wide Web is rather less significant than the deaths of two people who were responsible for Civil Lines' intermittent existence.  Dharma Kumar whose idea was Civil Lines was, died in 2001, that the year that the last issue before this one appeared.  Then Ravi Dayal, who published the first four issues, died in 2006.  Dharma and Ravi would have approved , we think, of the contents of Civil Lines 6.  This issue is dedicated to their memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written with elegance and freshness.”\u003cbr\u003e--- The Hindu \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“All eyes are now set on the elusive sixth volume of civil lines.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Mail Today \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Is civil Lines becoming respectably regular at last.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Outlook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Editorial lethargy… is worn as a badge of honour.”\u003cbr\u003e--- The Caravan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Before their novels poured out into the ever-widening stream of Indian-English writing, every writer worth his pen sent his prose, poetry, essays to Civil Lines.”\u003cbr\u003e--- The Indian Express\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tGreat Eastern Hotel by Ruchir Joshi \u003cbr\u003e2.\tFlight by Itu Chaudhuri \u003cbr\u003e3.\tScheherazade by Itu Chaudhuri \u003cbr\u003e4.\tErazex by Achal Prabhala \u003cbr\u003e5.\tThe Remembered Village by U.R. Ananthamurthy \u003cbr\u003e6.\tThe Archivist by Ananya Vajpeyi \u003cbr\u003e7.\tExit The Gulf by Shougat Dasgupta \u003cbr\u003e8.\tSkeletons by Naresh Fernandes \u003cbr\u003e9.\tBuilding Bridges by Manu Herbstein \u003cbr\u003e10.\tThe Muse of Failure by Anand Balakrishnan\u003cbr\u003e11.\tThe Adventures of IDI Amin Dada by Binyavanga Wainaina \u003cbr\u003e12.\tMobius by Ramli Sengupta \u003cbr\u003e13.\tSugarcane by Nilanjana Roy \u003cbr\u003e14.\tRaagtime by Benjamin Siegel \u003cbr\u003e15.\tNizamuddin At Night by Gauri Gill \u003cbr\u003e16.\tContributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ruchir Joshi \/ HarperCollins \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153726402928,"sku":"32025","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/32025.jpg?v=1793913184","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/civil-lines-6-new-writings-from-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}