Rhymes of Whimsy – Abol Tabol Dual-Language Edition by Sukumar Ray and translated by Niladri Roy

This is poetry from India.

Rhymes of Whimsy – Abol Tabol Dual-Language Edition by Sukumar Ray translated by Niladri Roy is published by Haton Cross Press. This is a Book originally written in Bengali. This was published in 2017.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780998655727E12.

Rhymes of Whimsy – Abol Tabol Dual-Language Edition, by Sukumar Ray, is a Bengali poetry collection from India, translated by Niladri Roy, published by Haton Cross Press in 2017. It is a dual-language edition of Sukumar Ray’s beloved nonsense verse, where whimsy becomes a serious technology of sound, mischief, and childhood intelligence. There is enough factual grounding here to place the book, but the real test is readerly. Does the poem leave an image behind; does it change the room; does it ask the tongue to behave differently for a moment? This collection earns its place because it keeps that possibility open.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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