The Cat Under the Stairs - Couverture souple

Mukhopdahyay, Sarat Kumar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1597660396 ISBN 13 : 9781597660396

Editeur : Eastern Washington University Press,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

"Ask Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay about the distinctively Indian dimensions of his work," writes poet Robert McNamara in the preface of this collection, "and he will be quick to tell you that he lacks the 'ethnic touch, ' that his work offers nothing to the reader who comes for local color. The voice is modern, critical, cosmopolitan. Nevertheless, it is a poetry very much of its time and place, of Bengal and Calcutta." A familiar figure in Bengali literary circles, although little known in the West, Mukhopadhyay writes with a disarmingly plainspoken voice. Shadings of wry humor, the capacity of the observer for cool-headed reflection, and a remarkable verbal directness combine with a deeply personal response to the world, creating poems that linger in the mind like words spoken by a close an unusually forthright friend.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert McNamara is currently a lecturer in International History at the University of Ulster at Coleraine and the author of Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East, 1952-1972: From the Egyptian Revolution to the Six-Day War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Eastern Washington University Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1597660396
• ISBN 13: 9781597660396
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible