Wilting Laughter: Three Tamil Poets

This collection brings together seventy-five poems by three renowned contemporary Tamil poets, whose works stand at the forefront of modern Tamil poetry. All three poets have experienced the pain and dislocation of recent Sri Lankan violence, the rupture of traditional life and the anguish of mass exile, all of which constantly inform their works. Each has created from these experiences a distinct and modern poetics, drawing from the same rich two-thousand-year-old culture.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tsar Publications
Published: 10/15/2009
ISBN: 9781894770590
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d