Wild Verses Of Wit And Whimsy - Softcover

Alok Bhalla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350466252 ISBN 13: 9789350466254

Publisher: TULIKA, 2013

Synopsis

In Alok Bhalla's alphabet symphony, imagination is unfettered and thereÕs no need to playby the rules, except to get away from the Ôsullen, surly, sombreÕ use of language! The 26 letters freely frolic in the wild and wacky vistas of his nonsense verse. Set to whimsical rhythms,they reveal themselves in unexpected ways through the zaniest of characters from A to Z!. Manjula PadmanabhanÕs witty and refined illustrations evoke the enigma of the letters and their shenanigans. Funny and perceptive at once, this book is an invitation to a joyous, liberating and intelligent exploration of the verbalvisualmusical power of the alphabet.

About the Author

Alok Bhalla is a widely published critic, translator and poet. His most recent book include Stories About the Partition of India (4 Volumes), Partition Dialogues: Memoirs of a Lost Home, The Place of Transition in a Literary Habitat and a translator of Dharamvir Bharathi's play Andha Yug. His translation of Nirmal Verma's novel Raat Ke Reporter (Dark Dispatches), will also be republished as a Contemporary Indian Classics by Penguin.

About the Illustrator

Manjula Padmanabhan is a writer, painter, and a cartoonist. Her four immensely popular picture puzzle books with Tulika take puzzle solving to a whole new level of challenge, while exploring the themes of identity and plurality. In this book, she combines her skills as cartoonist and illustrator to augment these 26 wry and witty verses, with a finesse and eye for detail that never ceases to astonish.

Edition details

• Publisher: TULIKA
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350466252
• ISBN 13: 9789350466254
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Manjula Padmanabhan
• Number of pages: 76