{"product_id":"book-of-rahim-9781848618800","title":"Book of Rahim","description":"\u003cp\u003eArvind Krishna Mehrotra's new book of poems, \u003cem\u003eBook of Rahim\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ethe\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eevents 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848618800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d","brand":"Arvind Krishna Mehrotra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42870560817333,"sku":"9781848618800","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c27e66a2-cffb-4dba-9fd3-82143ba77bb5.jpg?v=1684269296","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/book-of-rahim-9781848618800","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}