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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's new book of poems, Book of Rahim, is his first collection of new poetry in twenty-five years. It contains extraordinary records of the everyday, as well as a frequent reimagining of history that makes it as commonplace as a relative or a piece of furniture, and all the more strange and unrepeatable because of that. These involve Mehrotra inhabiting the voice and time of an ageing Ghalib (author of a memorable diary reflecting on the events of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857); his revisiting Abd al-Rahim Khan-i-Khanan (1556-1627), a Baharlu Turk, an important figure in the Mughal nobility during the reigns of Akbar and Jehangir; and his discovery of objects and letters from his family home in Lahore. The result is a frayed immediacy that hefty historical novels find difficult to achieve. (Amit Chaudhuri)
Author: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: 04/28/2023
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d
ISBN13: 9781848618800
ISBN10: 1848618808
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Asian | General
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