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Hibiscus on the Lake
Velcheru . Ed(S): Narayana Rao
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Description for Hibiscus on the Lake
paperback. This work makes accessible to English speakers a hidden literature of great beauty and importance. The poems are from the Telegu language of southern India. Editor(s): Narayana Rao, Velcheru. Translator(s): Narayana Rao, Velcheru. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
English speakers may read for the first time a previously hidden literature of great beauty and importance, compiled and translated by one of the foremost scholars of the literature of twentieth-century India. Richly appealing, sensitively and masterfully translated, surprisingly accessible, and adeptly organized, these poems from the Telugu language of southern India will find in this groundbreaking anthology the wider international readership they deserve and a place in the worldwide emergence of India's literature.
English speakers may read for the first time a previously hidden literature of great beauty and importance, compiled and translated by one of the foremost scholars of the literature of twentieth-century India. Richly appealing, sensitively and masterfully translated, surprisingly accessible, and adeptly organized, these poems from the Telugu language of southern India will find in this groundbreaking anthology the wider international readership they deserve and a place in the worldwide emergence of India's literature.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299177041
SKU
V9780299177041
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About Velcheru . Ed(S): Narayana Rao
Velcheru Narayana Rao is the Krishnadevaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the coeditor, with David Shulman, of A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India.
Reviews for Hibiscus on the Lake
"Entirely original, ironic, sensuous but never sexist. A small masterpiece and a precious piece of the record of good writing on this planet." - Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago