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Where I Live
Arundhathi Subramaniam
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Description for Where I Live
Paperback. Features poems that explore various ambivalences - around human intimacy with its bottlenecks and surprises, life in a Third World megalopolis, myth, the politics of culture and gender, and the persistent trope of the existential journey. The poems are of dark need, of urgency, of desire as derailment, and derailment as possibility. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Where I Live combines Arundhathi Subramaniam's first two Indian collections of poetry, On Cleaning Bookshelves and Where I Live , with a selection of new work. Her poems explore various ambivalences - around human intimacy with its bottlenecks and surprises, life in a Third World megalopolis, myth, the politics of culture and gender, and the persistent trope of the existential journey. They probe contradictory impulses: the desire for adventure and anchorage; expansion and containment; vulnerability and strength; freedom and belonging; withdrawal and engagement; and, an approach to language as exciting resource and desperate refuge. Her new ... Read more
Where I Live combines Arundhathi Subramaniam's first two Indian collections of poetry, On Cleaning Bookshelves and Where I Live , with a selection of new work. Her poems explore various ambivalences - around human intimacy with its bottlenecks and surprises, life in a Third World megalopolis, myth, the politics of culture and gender, and the persistent trope of the existential journey. They probe contradictory impulses: the desire for adventure and anchorage; expansion and containment; vulnerability and strength; freedom and belonging; withdrawal and engagement; and, an approach to language as exciting resource and desperate refuge. Her new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852248246
SKU
V9781852248246
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Ref
99-15
About Arundhathi Subramaniam
Arundhathi Subramaniam lives in Bombay (a city she is perennially on the verge of leaving) where she works as writer, editor and curator. She has published two books of poetry with Allied Publishers: On Cleaning Bookshelves and Where I Live. Where I Live: New & Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2009) is her first UK publication, and combines selections of work ... Read more
Reviews for Where I Live
'This is writing that creeps up on the reader quietly, sometimes with just the whisper of a sari, or the taste of a lullaby, and yet spins suddenly on the edge of stark recognition. Arundhathi Subramaniam's is a strong new voice' - Imtiaz Dharker. 'A marvellous collection, wonderfully varied and rich' - John Burnside. 'Subramaniam's poetry is ... Read more