Description
- Pub Date : April 2022
- Author : Jeet Thayil (Ed.)
- Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
- Category : Fiction
- Binding Type : Hardback
- NO. OF PAGES : 908
- Mrp : 1499
ABOUT THE BOOK
Jeet Thayil has compiled the definitive anthology of Indian poetry in
English. This monumental undertaking, two decades in the making,
brings together writers from across the world, a wealth of voices--in
dialogue, in soliloquy, in rhetoric, and in play--to present an expansive,
encompassing idea of what makes an 'Indian' poet. Included are lost,
uncollected, or out of print poems by major poets, essays that place
entire bodies of work into their precise cultural contexts, and a collection
of classic black and white portraits by Madhu Kapparath. These images,
taken over a period of thirty years, form an archive of breathtaking
historical scope. They offer the viewer unparalleled intimacy and access
to the lives of some of India's greatest poets.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeet Thayil was born into a Syrian Christian family in Kerala. As a boy he
traveled through much of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
with his father, TJS George, a writer and editor. He worked as a journalist
for twenty-one years, in Bombay, Bangalore, Hong Kong and New York
City. In 2005 he began to write fiction. The first installment of his
Bombay Trilogy, Narcopolis, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and
became an unlikely bestseller. His book of poems These Errors Are Correct
won the Sahitya Akademi Award (India's National Academy of Letters),
and his musical collaborations include the opera Babur in London. His
essays, poetry and short fiction have appeared in the New York Review
of Books, Granta, TLS, Esquire, The London Magazine, The Guardian and
Alexander, among other venues. His most recent novel is Names of the
Women.
