[ALOCHONA] Sounds interesting!!!! Might order it: New Urdu poetry translation

Sounds interesting!!!! Might order it.

Afzal Ahmed Syed holds a unique place among contemporary poets of the Urdu language, as a master of both the classical and modern Urdu poetic forms. The poems in "Rococo and Other Worlds" explore the mythology and historical realities of South Asia and the Middle East; their bold imagery creates narratives of voluptuous perfection, which remain inseparable from the political realities that Syed witnessed as a young observer of the violent separation of East Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 and of the Lebanese civil war in 1976. Musharraf Ali Farooqiís sensitive translations bring this extraordinary work to English readers for the first time.

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We are pleased to announce a new book of poetry in translation, "Rococo and Other Worlds," by Afzal Ahmed Syed, translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi. It is the first English language publication of Urduís greatest modern poet.

Here is a section from one poem in the book, "Tell Me a Story":
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Tell me a story
other than how from the museum
the witness table of the peace pact disappeared
other than that a continent is called by the wrong name

Tell me a story
other than that you do not like to kiss lips
other than that I was not the first man in your life
other than that it was not raining that day
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Afzal Ahmed Syed holds a unique place among contemporary poets of the Urdu language, as a master of both the classical and modern Urdu poetic forms. The poems in "Rococo and Other Worlds" explore the mythology and historical realities of South Asia and the Middle East; their bold imagery creates narratives of voluptuous perfection, which remain inseparable from the political realities that Syed witnessed as a young observer of the violent separation of East Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 and of the Lebanese civil war in 1976. Musharraf Ali Farooqiís sensitive translations bring this extraordinary work to English readers for the first time.

For more details, click http://www.upne.com/0-8195-6933-X.html

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This is one of five books in The Driftless Series, a publication award program established in 2010 and funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. For more information about the series, visit: www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/driftless.

This project is also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Academic users may order an Examination Copy for potential course adoption. Please request a copy of the book in a letter on your institutional letterhead, and include the course title, estimated enrollment, and $5.00 for shipping (check, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, AmEx). Mail your request to: UPNE, Attn: Exam Copies, 1 Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon, NH 03766-1358, USA or fax to (603) 448-9429.

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