Wilting Laughter: Three Tamil Poets

by V.I.S. Jayapalan, Puthuvai Ratnathurai, R. Cheran

This collection brings together seventy-five poems by three renowned contemporary Tamil poets, whose works stand at the forefront of modern Tamil poetry. All three poets have experienced the pain and dislocation of recent Sri Lankan violence, the rupture of traditional life and the anguish of mass exile, all of which constantly inform their works. Each has created from these experiences a distinct and modern poetics, drawing from the same rich...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894770595
• ISBN13: 9781894770590
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Tsar Publications
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"