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Things That Happen: and Other Poems
Bhaskar Chakrabarti
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Description for Things That Happen: and Other Poems
Hardback. Translator(s): Sinha, Arunava. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Bhaskar Chakrabarti's poetry is synonymous with the romantic melancholia inherent to Calcutta. His trenchant poetic voice was one of the most significant to emerge in the 1960s and '70s perhaps the most prolific period of modern Bengali poetry. Spanning the rise of militant leftism, the spread of crippling poverty across India, the war in Bangladesh, the influx of millions of refugees, the dark, dictatorial days of Indira Gandhi's reign, and the disillusionment of communist rule in Bengal, Chakrabarti's poems plumb the depths of urban angst, expressing the spirit of sadness and alienation in delicate metaphors wrapped in deceptively lucid language. ... Read more
Bhaskar Chakrabarti's poetry is synonymous with the romantic melancholia inherent to Calcutta. His trenchant poetic voice was one of the most significant to emerge in the 1960s and '70s perhaps the most prolific period of modern Bengali poetry. Spanning the rise of militant leftism, the spread of crippling poverty across India, the war in Bangladesh, the influx of millions of refugees, the dark, dictatorial days of Indira Gandhi's reign, and the disillusionment of communist rule in Bengal, Chakrabarti's poems plumb the depths of urban angst, expressing the spirit of sadness and alienation in delicate metaphors wrapped in deceptively lucid language. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423894
SKU
V9780857423894
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About Bhaskar Chakrabarti
Bhaskar Chakrabarti (1945 2005) was a major Bengali poet who rose to prominence in the late 1960s and '70s. Arunava Sinha is an award-winning translator of more than thirty books. He lives and works in New Delhi.
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