Rococo and Other Worlds: Selected Poems (Driftless Series & Wesleyan Film) - Hardcover

Syed, Afzal Ahmed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081956933X ISBN 13: 9780819569332

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Afzal Ahmed Syed holds a unique place among contemporary poets of the Urdu language, as an acknowledged master of both the classical and modern Urdu poetic forms. The poems in Rococo and Other Worlds explore the mythology and historical realities of South Asia and the Middle East; their bold imagery creates narratives of voluptuous perfection, which remain inseparable from the political realities that Syed witnessed as a young observer of the violent separation of East Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 and of the Lebanese civil war in 1976. Musharraf Ali Farooqi's sensitive translations bring this extraordinary work to English readers for the first time.

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About the Author

AFZAL AHMED SYED is the author of numerous volumes of poetry and translations of Western literature into Urdu, including works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jean Genet. MUSHARRAF ALI FAROOQI is an author, novelist, and translator. His books include translations of the Urdu classics The Adventures of Amir Hamza (2007) and Hoshruba (2009), and the novel, The Story of a Widow (2008).

Edition details

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081956933X
• ISBN 13: 9780819569332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 108