| Lost Evenings, Lost Lives: Tamil Poets from Sri Lanka's War Contributor(s): Holmström, Lakshmi (Editor), Ebeling, Sascha (Editor) |
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ISBN: 190461499X ISBN-13: 9781904614999 Publisher: ARC Publications OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 894.811 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.61 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government officially announced the end of a civil war that had been ravaging the island for almost three decades. During all these years, Tamil poets have commented on the war and its vicissitudes in what constitutes an extraordinary body of poetry. Together these poems can be read as an alternative history of the war. This collection of up to 50 poems translated from the original Tamil, comes with an afterword that will provide readers with the historical and political context of Sri Lanka's war, while also mapping literary developments during that period. |
