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020 _a9780143428824
082 _a821 MUR
100 _aMurugan, Perumal
245 _aSongs of a Coward: Poems of Exile
260 _bPenguin Random House India
_aGurugram
_c2017
300 _a291
520 _aA 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.
650 _aPoetry
700 _aVasudevan, Aniruddhan
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