{"product_id":"the-age-of-kali-isbn-9780307948908","title":"The Age of Kali","description":"From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mughal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNine Lives\u003c\/i\u003e: the classic stories he gathered during the ten years he spent journeying across the Indian subcontinent, from Sri Lanka and southern India to the North West Frontier of Pakistan. As he searched for evidence of Kali Yug, the “age of darkness” predicted by an ancient Hindu cosmology in a final epoch of strife and corruption, Dalrymple encountered a region that thrilled and surprised him. Venturing to places rarely visited by foreigners, he presents compelling portraits of a diverse range of figures—from a Hindi rap megastar through the Tamil Tigers to the drug lords of Pakistan. Dalrymple's love for the subcontinent comes across in every page, which makes its chronicles of political corruption, ethnic violence and social disintegration all the more poignant. The result is a dark yet vibrant travelogue, and a unique look at a region that continues to be marked by rapid change and unlimited possibilities as it struggles to reconcile the forces of modernity and tradition. “This is much more than a travelogue; it is a chronicle of a love affair. . . . [Dalrymple’s] succinct essays and reportage burst with intimate detail and sharp perception.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[Dalrymple is] the dazzling meteor of travel writing. Wide-ranging, eye-opening and deeply knowledgeable.\" —\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant and persuasively frightening. . . . Dalrymple is amazingly gifted.” —\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Witty and eagle-eyed, Dalrymple is, above everything, a fine observer and reporter.\" —\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“William Dalrymple may well be the greatest travel writer of his generation.” —\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Stunning.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliant reportage.” —\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Dalrymple is the author of seven acclaimed works of history and travel, including \u003ci\u003eCity of Djinns\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Young British Writer of the Year Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book award; the bestselling \u003ci\u003eFrom the Holy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhite Mughals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won Britain's most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson; and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mughal\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Duff Cooper Prize for History and Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302445011173,"sku":"NP9780307948908","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780307948908.jpg?v=1767738030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-age-of-kali-isbn-9780307948908","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}