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- The Half-Inch Himalayas: Miniature Edition
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Wesleyan New Poets
summary
The Half-Inch Himalayas is a stellar collection of early work by the poet Agha Shahid Ali (1949-2001). His most recent volumes of poetry are Rooms Are Never Finished and The Country Without a Post Office. He is also the editor of Ravishing Disunities: Real Ghazals in English.
Table of Contents
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- Postcard from Kashmir
- pp. 1-4
- I
- A Lost Memory of Delhi
- pp. 5-6
- Cracked Portraits
- pp. 9-10
- Story of a Silence
- pp. 11-12
- Prayer Rug
- pp. 13-14
- The Dacca Gauzes
- pp. 15-16
- The Season of the Plains
- pp. 17-18
- II
- Chandni Chowk, Delhi
- p. 26
- In Memory of Begum Akhtar
- pp. 28-29
- Homage to Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- pp. 30-33
- III
- A Wrong Turn
- p. 37
- Vacating an Apartment
- pp. 38-39
- The Previous Occupant
- pp. 40-41
- Leaving Your City
- pp. 42-43
- Flight from Houston in January
- pp. 46-47
- Stationery
- p. 48
- IV
- In the Mountains
- p. 56
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819571786
Related ISBN(s)
9780819521316
MARC Record
OCLC
794702211
Pages
64
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No