Until the Lions by Karthika Nair
Karthika Nair's epic poem 'Until the Lions' is conceived as an echo of its great Sanskrit forerunner,the Mahabharata. It is an echo in which women drive the narrative and are its main characters, a vivid and compelling retelling from a female perspective of many of the stories from one of the world's most venerated books.
Karthika Nair published her first book of poems, Bearings, in 2009. Her other works include a book of children's fiction and a work entitled DESH: Memories inherited, borrowed, invented. Her poetry has been widely published in journals and anthologies. Born in Kerala, India, Nair moved to France in 2000 to pursue a Masters in Arts Management, and stayed on in Paris thereafter. She has worked for several years with various cultural institutions in Paris, and elsewhere in Europe, as dance producer and curator. She is the script-writer of DESH, choreographer Akram Khan's award-winning dance production, together with performance poet PolarBear and Khan himself.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910345078 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910345075 |
| Title | Until the Lions |
| Author | Karthika Nair |
| Series | Arc International Poets |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Arc Publications |
| Year published | 2016-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 293 |
| Prizes | Winner of Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Fiction) 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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