ARGONAUT BOOKS

Magadh is widely regarded as one of the most important works of modern Indian poetry. A chorus of narrators - commoners, statesmen, nameless wanderers - pieces together the histories of ancient cities and kingdoms on the Indian subcontinent, their rise and fall. In spare, haunting, incantatory language appears timeless, Magadh tells of transience. Reviews 'In Rahul Soni's translation, Verma's minimalist poems are made beautiful by their precise syntax and structural interstices.' Alexander Leissle, *Art Review *'First published in Hindi in 1984, two years before Verma's deat...Read More