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The Country Without A Post Office

The Country Without A Post Office

Agha Shahid Ali
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Amidst rain and fire and ruin, in a land of ‘doomed addresses’, a poet evokes the tragedy of his birthplace.
The Country Without a Post Office is a haunted and haunting volume that established Agha Shahid Ali as a seminal voice writing in English. In it are stunning poems of extraordinary formal precision and virtuosity, intensely musical, steeped in history, myth and politics, all merging into Agha Shahid Ali’s finest mode, that of longing.

Imprint: India Penguin

Published: Jun/2013

ISBN: 9780143420736

Length : 104 Pages

MRP : ₹250.00

The Country Without A Post Office

Agha Shahid Ali

Amidst rain and fire and ruin, in a land of ‘doomed addresses’, a poet evokes the tragedy of his birthplace.
The Country Without a Post Office is a haunted and haunting volume that established Agha Shahid Ali as a seminal voice writing in English. In it are stunning poems of extraordinary formal precision and virtuosity, intensely musical, steeped in history, myth and politics, all merging into Agha Shahid Ali’s finest mode, that of longing.

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Agha Shahid Ali

Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001), author of several collections of poetry,
was born in New Delhi. He grew up in Kashmir and studied in India and
in the US. He taught English and creative writing in various universities
in the US. He was awarded Guggenheim and Ingram-Merrill Fellowships
and a Pushcart Prize, and his collection Rooms Are Never Finished was
finalist for the National Book Award in 2001. He also published a volume
of translations of poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, The Rebel's Silhouette.

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