Extinctions
By
Sharmistha Mohanty
Item Type
Hardcover (Book)
Serial
15441
Publisher
Context, an imprint of Westland Books, Chennai
Description
99
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789395073332
Summay
There are things on this subcontinent — rituals, objects, gestures — that have existed for centuries but are now vulnerable, dying, at the edge of our lives. Extinctions catches them in movement, as they fade, as they set. It looks at them variously, through factual observation, or historical gaze, or a prose poem paying tribute.
These are individual memories merged with the memories of a civilisation. Sometimes the two become one. The attempt is not only to look back but also to consider where we are. And so, Extinctions creates an encounter that lights up both the long enduring and the new.
Accession No.
15441
Status
Available
Category
Literary Works
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