| Jejuri Contributor(s): Kolatkar, Arun (Author), Chaudhuri, Amit (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590171632 ISBN-13: 9781590171639 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 821.914 |
| LCCN: 2005012028 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.08" W x 8.02" (0.24 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |