Magadh : poems / Shrikant Verma ; translated from the Hindi by Rahul Soni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varmā, Śrīkānta, 1931-1986, author.

Contributor:

Soni, Rahul, translator.

Standardized Title:

Magadh. English

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Varmā, Śrīkānta, 1931-1986--Translations into English.

Varmā, Śrīkānta.

Hindi poetry--Translations into English.

Hindi poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

133 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2026.

Summary:

"Magadh, Shrikant Verma's masterpiece, takes its name from the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadh, which rose to prominence in the sixth to second centuries BCE. First published in Hindi in 1984, it is widely regarded as one of the most important works of modern Indian poetry. A chorus of narrators - commoners, statesmen, nameless wanderers--pieces together the histories of ancient cities and kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent, their rise to splendor, their decline and eventual fall. In poems that are stark and urgent yet richly allusive, Verma lays bare these kingdoms' tales of corruption, guilt, ignorance, and arrogance. Rahul Soni's landmark translation, finally available in the United States, stays faithful to the spareness and the haunting, incantatory cadences of the original text, revealing how startlingly prescient Magadh remains today."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Hindi as Magadh in 1984."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781324097686

132409768X

OCLC:

1535851289