Acrobat / poems by Nabaneeta Dev Sen ; introduced and translated from the Bengali by Nandana Dev Sen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deba Sena, Nabanītā, 1938-2019, author.

Contributor:

Sen, Nandana, translator.

Language:

Bengali

English

Subjects (All):

Deba Sena, Nabanītā, 1938-2019--Translations into English.

Deba Sena, Nabanītā.

Deba Sena, Nabanītā, 1938-2019.

Genre:

Translations.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 137 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2021.

Summary:

"A radiant collection of poetry about womanhood, intimacy, and the body politic that together evokes the arc of an ordinary life. Nabaneeta Dev Sen's rhythmic lines explore the joys and agonies of first love, childbirth, and decay with a restless, tactile imagination, both picking apart and celebrating the rituals that make us human. When she warns, "know that blood can be easily drawn by lips," her words tune to the fierce and biting depths of language, to the "treachery that lingers on tongue tips." At once compassionate and unsparing, conversational and symphonic, these poems tell of a rope shivering beneath an acrobat's nimble feet or of a twisted, blood-soaked umbilical cord - they pluck the invisible threads that bind us together"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Deba Sena, Nabanītā, 1938-2019. Acrobat.

ISBN:

9781939810809

1939810809

OCLC:

1236897286

Publisher Number:

99988908321