Black Candle, Revised Edition: Poems About Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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7 ratings, 3.86 average rating, 2 reviews
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published
April 1st 2000
by CALYX Books
binding
Paperback, 128 pages
isbn
0934971749
(isbn13: 9780934971744)
description
Poems include:
All In My Head
The Arranged Marriage
At Muktinath
At The Sati Temple, Bikaner
Bengal Night
Boychild
T...more
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Read in June, 2008
I would have liked this more if it didn't depress me about the state of a woman's place in certain places and practices.
also she likes to use "blood" as a description of the color red, but this doesn't seem to be an accident....
also she likes to use "blood" as a description of the color red, but this doesn't seem to be an accident....
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Read in February, 2008
It's easy to see the evolution of the author's vision and style in her poems.
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