Hotel Calcutta by Rajat Chaudhuri
Kolkata Book Fair (Stall: 9, Hall: 2) New Delhi World Book Fair (Stall: B251-252, Hall:5)
The century-old Hotel Calcutta run by an Englishman, is under threat from land sharks who want to raze the building and build a shopping mall. As the staff stare at uncertain times, a monk turns up at the Calcutta hotel and prophesies that the hotel will still stand if a wall of stories can be built. Peter Dutta – the manager – though a little unsure, is ready to give it a shot and begins looking for a storyteller. A painter, who has just stepped into the bar, volunteers to tell the first story. Next it is Peter’s turn.
From day to day, as the storytelling fever catches on, new guests arrive, among them a shifty-eyed producer of porn flicks, an American woman who hears the footsteps of a dead soldier in the corridor and finally an odd pair who pretend to be war historians but may be detectives. Soon it seems they have all arrived there with a purpose. Will their stories protect the hotel or will Hotel Calcutta crumble under the sledgehammers of the land sharks?
Between techno-angst, deathless love, surreal adventure and an epidemic of thievery, this is a novel that taps into the power of stories to light up our age of trenchant uncertainties and powerful illusions.
Hotel Calcutta by Rajat Chaudhuri
Published by: Niyogi Books
ISBN: 978-93-81523-73-5
Available at Niyogi Books stalls:
Kolkata Book Fair (Stall: 9, Hall: 2) Milan Mela Grounds - 26th January to 10th February.
New Delhi World Book Fair (Stall: B251-252, Hall:5) Pragati Maidan - 4th February to 10th February.
Coming to brick and mortar stores and online bookshops soon.
Kolkata Book Fair (Stall: 9, Hall: 2) New Delhi World Book Fair (Stall: B251-252, Hall:5)
The century-old Hotel Calcutta run by an Englishman, is under threat from land sharks who want to raze the building and build a shopping mall. As the staff stare at uncertain times, a monk turns up at the Calcutta hotel and prophesies that the hotel will still stand if a wall of stories can be built. Peter Dutta – the manager – though a little unsure, is ready to give it a shot and begins looking for a storyteller. A painter, who has just stepped into the bar, volunteers to tell the first story. Next it is Peter’s turn.
From day to day, as the storytelling fever catches on, new guests arrive, among them a shifty-eyed producer of porn flicks, an American woman who hears the footsteps of a dead soldier in the corridor and finally an odd pair who pretend to be war historians but may be detectives. Soon it seems they have all arrived there with a purpose. Will their stories protect the hotel or will Hotel Calcutta crumble under the sledgehammers of the land sharks?
Between techno-angst, deathless love, surreal adventure and an epidemic of thievery, this is a novel that taps into the power of stories to light up our age of trenchant uncertainties and powerful illusions.
Hotel Calcutta by Rajat Chaudhuri
Published by: Niyogi Books
ISBN: 978-93-81523-73-5
Available at Niyogi Books stalls:
Kolkata Book Fair (Stall: 9, Hall: 2) Milan Mela Grounds - 26th January to 10th February.
New Delhi World Book Fair (Stall: B251-252, Hall:5) Pragati Maidan - 4th February to 10th February.
Coming to brick and mortar stores and online bookshops soon.
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