Shadows of the Real - Softcover

K.K. Srivastva

 
9788129120113: Shadows of the Real
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8129120119 ISBN 13: 9788129120113
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2012

Synopsis

In the maddening crowd of Sarojini Nagar market, a small boy plays by himself he begs to steal from his childhood, hisife. Shadows of the Realis K.K. Srivastava's third volume of poetry. Rich with meaning and fragmentary in form, the poems depict the confusing realities and anxieties which characterize contemporaryife. The themes are varied, but an undertone of darkness runs through all the poems, revealing the deeper hollowness thaties beneath everyday existence. The poems evoke a plurality of ambivalent images, attempting to explore the relationship between the real and the ephemeral. The poet has also summed up his art in aong preface to the book, where he talks about the need to write poetry and why he 'loves to talk of darkness'.

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Publisher
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8129120119
ISBN 13 
9788129120113
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136