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Augatora

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Manchester; Carcanet; 2000Description: 96 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781857543810
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811.54
Summary: "Augatora" is a word lost from language. In Old High German it meant, more or less, "eye gate" ("window" with an inbuilt etymology). The windows in this book open on real and imagined land and cityscapes. Memory, science, language, history, and love remain Bhatt's themes. Places featured in the poems include Durban, Riga, New Orleans, Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Barcelona, and the small island of Juist off the German North Sea coast, setting of the long poem, "The Hole in the Wind", which has been broadcast by BBC Radio Drama.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 811.54 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Book Bazaar PKLC014697
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Poetry and Drama 811.54 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC018690
Total holds: 0

"Augatora" is a word lost from language. In Old High German it meant, more or less, "eye gate" ("window" with an inbuilt etymology). The windows in this book open on real and imagined land and cityscapes. Memory, science, language, history, and love remain Bhatt's themes. Places featured in the poems include Durban, Riga, New Orleans, Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Barcelona, and the small island of Juist off the German North Sea coast, setting of the long poem, "The Hole in the Wind", which has been broadcast by BBC Radio Drama.

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