The seduction of Delhi / by Abhay K.
By
K. Abhay
Item Type
Hardcopy (Book)
Serial
15515
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Description
92 pages
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789384052355
Subject
1. Anglo - Indian poetry; 2. Anglo - Indian poetry 21st century.
Summay
Delhi has been widely described as a dry, energy draining place, even a hermaphrodite...the authors attempts in the book to prove otherwise. At first glance, his short, epigrammatic poems might appear just flaccid snapshots or single-boned vignettes of an outsider in a mad and sprawling metropolis known these days for its infamous gang rapes. But a closer look reveals how the poet steps back to withdraw his self into a cocoon, to gain an artistic poise and to empower each and every item, object, relic, monument and figure - a distinct voice and color. Lal Quila, Jantar Mantar, a flower girl, an auto rickshaw, Connaught Place, a house maid, Rahim, Jamun tree, Ghalib or Dara Shikoh walk with their first-person personas in the lanes of Delhi conjuring a memorable recital, a jam that defines the essence of this legendary city...'Seduction of Delhi' is an artistic triumph in many ways...
DDC Classification No.
821.92
Accession No.
15515
Shelving location
83
Status
Available
Category
Poetry
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