{"product_id":"magadh-poems-9781324097686","title":"Magadh: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhy are you silent, friends?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What's happened in Magadh?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Magadh\u003c\/em\u003e, Shrikant Verma's masterpiece, takes its name from the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadh, which rose to prominence in the sixth to second centuries BCE. First published in Hindi in 1984, it is widely regarded as one of the most important works of modern Indian poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A chorus of narrators--commoners, statesmen, nameless wanderers--pieces together the histories of ancient cities and kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent, their rise to splendor, their decline and eventual fall. In poems that are stark and urgent yet richly allusive, Verma lays bare these kingdoms' tales of corruption, guilt, ignorance, and arrogance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rahul Soni's landmark translation, finally available in the United States, stays faithful to the spareness and the haunting, incantatory cadences of the original text, revealing how startlingly prescient \u003cem\u003eMagadh\u003c\/em\u003e remains today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shrikant Verma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.78w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324097686","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46021922193545,"sku":"9781324097686","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f442aa23-9922-4757-89c5-aea3290616c6.jpg?v=1777409380","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/magadh-poems-9781324097686","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}