Author: | Agha Shahid Ali | ISBN: | 9780393352054 |
Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | March 17, 2003 |
Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
Author: | Agha Shahid Ali |
ISBN: | 9780393352054 |
Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication: | March 17, 2003 |
Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
Language: | English |
"An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."—Anthony Hecht
In this stunningly inventive collection—a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in poetry—Ali excavates the devastation wrought upon his childhood home, Kashmir, and reveals a more personal devastation: his mother's death and the journey with her body back to Kashmir.
"An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."—Anthony Hecht
In this stunningly inventive collection—a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in poetry—Ali excavates the devastation wrought upon his childhood home, Kashmir, and reveals a more personal devastation: his mother's death and the journey with her body back to Kashmir.