| Very Close to Pleasure, There's a Sick Cat: And Other Poems Contributor(s): Chattopadhyay, Shakti (Author), Sinha, Arunava (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857424939 ISBN-13: 9780857424938 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $19.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
| Series: India List |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the early 1960s, the Hungry Generation revitalized Bengali poetry in Calcutta, liberating it from the fetters of scholarship and the fog of punditry and freeing it to explore new forms, language, and subjects. Shakti Chattopadhyay was a cofounder of the movement, and his poems remain vibrant and surprising more than a half century later. In his "urban pastoral" lines, we encounter street colloquialisms alongside high diction, a combination that at the time was unprecedented. Loneliness, anxiety, and dislocation trouble this verse, but they are balanced by a compelling belief in the redemptive power of beauty. This book presents more than one hundred of Chattopadhyay's poems, introducing an international audience to one of the most prominent and important Bengali poets of the twentieth century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sinha, Arunava: - Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern, and contemporary Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English.Chattopadhyay, Shakti: - Shakti Chattopadhyay (1933-95) was a critically acclaimed and popular Bengali writer and poet. |