Songs of a Coward: Poems of Exile

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  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 291

    Pages
  • 9780143428824

    ISBN
  • 129 mm

    Width
  • 198 mm

    Height
  • 223 gram

    Weight
  • SONGS

    Edition
  • PAPERBACK

    Binding
  • 18 SEPTEMBER 2017

    Publish Date
  • 19 mm

    Spine Width

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    Description

    A king decrees that all humans be skinned alive. A man runs from words that hound him like a pack of wolves. A legion of white snakes sweeps across a land blighted by drought. A beleaguered soul laments the loss of a homeland. A coward's many virtues are lauded to disturbing effect.By turns passionate, elegiac, angry, tender, nightmarish and courageous, the poems in Songs of a Coward weave an exquisite tapestry of rich images and turbulent emotions. Written during a period of immense personal turmoil, these verses are an enduring testament to the resilience of an imagination under siege and...  Read More

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    Perumal Murugan

    Perumal Murugan is a well-known contemporary Tamil writer and poet. He was written six novels, four collections of short stories and four anthologies of poetry. Three of his novels have been translated into English to wide acclaim: Seasons of the Palm, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Kiriyama Award in 2005, Current Show, and most recently, One Part Woman. He has received awards from the Tamil Nadu government as well as from Katha Books.

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