{"product_id":"after-paperback-16","title":"After - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVivek Narayanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValmiki's \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e provides the inspiration for this vibrant collection of poems, each of which acts as a persuasive encounter between English poetry and Indian myth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poems inspired by Valmiki's \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Asia's foundational epic poems and a story cycle of incalculable historical importance. But \u003ci\u003eAfter\u003c\/i\u003e does not just come after the \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e. On each successive page, Vivek Narayanan brings the resources of contemporary English poetry to bear on the Sanskrit epic. In a work that warrants comparison with Christopher Logue's and Alice Oswald's reshapings of Homer, and Anne Carson's \u003ci\u003eAutobiography of Red\u003c\/i\u003e, Narayanan allows the ancient voice of the poem to engage with modern experience, initiating a transformative conversation across time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivek Narayanan\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the best-known Indian poets writing in English. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eUniversal Beach\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife and Times of Mr S\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University and a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. A full-length collection of his poems in Swedish translation was published in 2015 by the legendary Stockholm-based Wahlström \u0026amp; Widstrand. He currently teaches creative writing at George Mason University and is a member of the editorial board at \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, where he helps to select poems and writes short essays about world poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352747000057,"sku":"9781681376462","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Fyh9QGUECe9781681376462_2d2477c9-5341-415a-9c0c-65c16a55298f.webp?v=1769815568","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/after-paperback-16","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}