| The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems Contributor(s): Ramanujan, A. K. (Editor), Ramanujan, A. K. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590176782 ISBN-13: 9781590176788 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica |
| Dewey: 894.811 |
| LCCN: 2013019766 |
| Series: Nyrb Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.5" W x 7.2" (0.25 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Interior Landscape the great Indian poet and translator A.K. Ramanujan has drawn on a celebrated anthology of classical Tamil poetry to compose an unforgettable sequence of love poems. The story unfolds in a series of dramatic exchanges between a shifting array of characters--the lovers, relatives, friends, rivals, and sundry passersby--and as it does we are conducted through five phases of love, from first meeting, anxiety, infidelity and separation to final union, each associated with a lush interior landscape of its own. Immersed in the glories of the natural world, the poems evoke the whole spectrum of love while also capturing the gossip and wisecracking of those who look on from outside. |