Publisher |
Harper Collins |
Publication Year |
2014 |
ISBN-13 |
9789351361558 |
ISBN-10 |
9351361551 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
180 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Dimensions (Cms) |
20 x 14 x 4 |
Weight (grms) |
431 |
A first-rate translation of Sunil Gangopadhyay's celebrated Neera poemsSunil Gangopadhyay was the foremost of Bengal's angry but romantic young poets in the second half of the twentieth century. Throughout his writing life, he wrote a continuous sequence of love poems addressed to a mythical woman named Neera. These poems became the mantra of two generations of young women and men. From ardent, sexually charged verses of early infatuation, through the demanding and sensual rhythms of a full-blown relationship, to the mellowing middle-age memories of romance, the Neera poems are a pulsating testimony to the cycle of passion, desire, and, inevitably, unrequited longing.This is a selection of the most stunning of Sunil Gangopadhyay's Neera poems, most of them translated for the first time, and as capable as ever of sparking off a hundred love affairs when recited aloud.
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay is one of Bengal’s best-loved and most acclaimed writers. His published work includes fiction, poetry, travelogues, and books for children. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Those Days. He died in 2012. Debali Mookerjea-Leonard received her PhD from the University of Chicago and is Professor of English and World Literature at James Madison University. She is the author of Literature, Gender, and the Trauma of Partition
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Harper Collins