Ananda Devi

When The Night Agrees To Speak To Me [LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN POETRY] (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'If I had only one word to define this book, it would be aliveness-a synonym, plausibly, in Ananda Devi's idiolect, for freedom. Everything-from the Night in the title, to skin, to mud, to a green sari, to sound, to Time itself-is alive ... Translated with calm dexterity and breathtaking attention by Kazim Ali, this is a collection that held my body-eyes and heart and brain-in its jaws from beginning till end.' -- Karthika Nair

Ananda Devi's poetry singes and sings of the body electric, bound by the complex, colonial island politics of Mauritius and yet boundless like the waters that surround it. This book of harsh lyric and enigmatic and erotic prose, takes on a second life in Kazim Ali's sensitive translation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Perennial India
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789390351947
• Artikelnr.: 60787000

Autorenporträt

Born in Mauritius, Ananda Devi is one of the major French language writers and was awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2010. Kazim Ali is a poet and translator, currently associate professor of creative writing and comparative literature at Oberlin College, USA.