The Sand Libraries of Timbuktu: Poems - Hardcover

Rohinton Daruwala

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9386050056 ISBN 13: 9789386050052

Publisher: Speaking Tiger, 2016

Synopsis

‘Rohinton Daruwala’s poems unfold like a baramasa, an almanac of seasons and sensations, exquisite torments and explosions of delight. He essays a sensuous portraiture of place, invoking torrential monsoons, arid summers, railway bridges at night, libraries in deserts. [He] spells out a frank eroticism in the textures and flavours of fruit... at the same time, [he] is entangled in the hypermodern present. He gathers traces of the loved one from residues both material and digital... [He] maps the city, not only through the portraiture of human protagonists, but also through the micro-ecologies inhabited by butterflies and sparrows... In Daruwala’s handling, the poem can be an oblique parable, a brief lamp of wisdom in the wind of distraction: light as breath, yet as essential.’—Ranjit Hoskote

‘In fact, from the very first poem in this collection, Mr. Daruwala makes it clear why his poems deserve multiple readings; they are an exquisite mix of sensations and sentiments, steeped in familiar delight’.—Kitaab.org

Edition details

• Publisher: Speaking Tiger
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9386050056
• ISBN 13: 9789386050052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88