Songs of a Coward
Author | : Perumal Murugan |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789386815682 |
ISBN-13 | : 9386815680 |
Rating | : 4/5 (680 Downloads) |
Download or read book Songs of a Coward written by Perumal Murugan and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A king decrees that all humans be skinned alive. A man runs from words that hound him like a pack of wolves. A legion of white snakes sweeps across a land blighted by drought. A beleaguered soul laments the loss of a homeland. A coward's many virtues are lauded to disturbing effect. By turns passionate, elegiac, angry, tender, nightmarish and courageous, the poems in Songs of a Coward weave an exquisite tapestry of rich images and turbulent emotions. Written during a period of immense personal turmoil, these verses are an enduring testament to the resilience of an imagination under siege and the liberating power of words in one's darkest moments.