First Collected edition of the poetry in English by one of India's greatest modern poets.
Arun Kolatkar Livres
Arun Kolatkar compte parmi les poètes les plus importants et influents de l'Inde post-indépendance. Ses œuvres en marathi et en anglais se caractérisent par un esprit moderniste, souvent expérimental et influencé par l'avant-garde européenne. Si sa première poésie en marathi était audacieuse, oblique et d'un humour noir, ses œuvres marathi ultérieures sont devenues plus accessibles et socialement conscientes. Les poèmes anglais de Kolatkar, explorant des sites sacrés et le dessous sombre de la vie urbaine, mêlent mythe, histoire et observation aiguë, offrant une perspective unique et mature qui a fait progresser de manière significative la poésie indienne en anglais.
Jejuri
- 52pages
- 2 heures de lecture
A sequence of stunningly simple but haunting poems, Jejuri is one of the great books of modern India. Jejuri is a site of pilgramage in author Arun Kolatkar's native state of Maharashtra, and Jejuri the poem is the record of a visit to the town -- a place that is as crassly commercial as it is holy, as modern and ruinous as it is ancient and enduring. Evoking the town's crowded streets, many shrines, and mythic history of sages and gods, Kolatkar's poem offers a rich description of India while at the same time performing a complex act of devotion. For the essence of the poem is a spiritual quest, the effort to find the divine trace in a degenerate world. Spare, comic, sorrowful, singing, Jejuri is the work of a writer with a unique and visionary voice.