The country without a post office: poems
This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings. These poems evoke the tragedy of his birthplace
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
W.W. Norton
1997
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| Zusammenfassung: | This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings. These poems evoke the tragedy of his birthplace |
| Beschreibung: | "ASA"--Cover |
| Beschreibung: | 96 pages 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0393040577 9780393040579 |
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| contents | The Blessed Word: A Prologue -- Farewell -- I See Kashmir from New Delhi at Midnight -- The Last Saffron -- I Dream I Am the Only Passenger on Flight 423 to Srinagar -- "Some Vision of the World Cashmere" -- "Lo, A Tint Cashmere!/ Lo, A Rose!" -- Ghaza! -- Dear Shahid -- A Pastoral -- Return to Harmony 3 -- The Country Without a Post Office -- The Floating Post Office -- The Correspondent -- A Fate's Brief Memoir -- At the Museum -- A History of Paisley -- A Footnote to History -- Son et Lumiere at Shalimar Garden -- Ghazal -- First Day of Spring -- Ghazal -- Death Row -- The City of Daughters -- Muharram in Srinagar, 1992 -- Hans Christian Ostro -- A Villanelle -- After the August Wedding in Lahore, Pakistan |
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| spelling | Agha, Shahid Ali 1949-2001 Verfasser (DE-588)128456884 aut The country without a post office poems Agha Shahid Ali New York W.W. Norton 1997 © 1997 96 pages 22 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "ASA"--Cover The Blessed Word: A Prologue -- Farewell -- I See Kashmir from New Delhi at Midnight -- The Last Saffron -- I Dream I Am the Only Passenger on Flight 423 to Srinagar -- "Some Vision of the World Cashmere" -- "Lo, A Tint Cashmere!/ Lo, A Rose!" -- Ghaza! -- Dear Shahid -- A Pastoral -- Return to Harmony 3 -- The Country Without a Post Office -- The Floating Post Office -- The Correspondent -- A Fate's Brief Memoir -- At the Museum -- A History of Paisley -- A Footnote to History -- Son et Lumiere at Shalimar Garden -- Ghazal -- First Day of Spring -- Ghazal -- Death Row -- The City of Daughters -- Muharram in Srinagar, 1992 -- Hans Christian Ostro -- A Villanelle -- After the August Wedding in Lahore, Pakistan This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings. These poems evoke the tragedy of his birthplace Jammu and Kashmir (India) / Poetry India / Jammu and Kashmir Poetry |
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