Arising from visits to sweet shops in the by-lanes of Calcutta, these poems brimwith the excitement of what it means to discover, marvel at, and taste theuniverse. As the first line of the book states, 'The whole universe is here'.Showcasing the edible, the intimate, and the singular, this collection, like thesweet-shop shelf, is characterized by 'an unnoticed balance of gravity and play'.
About the Author
Amit Chaudhuri is a novelist, essayist, poet, and musician. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has received many awards for his literary works, which include the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the inaugural Infosys Prize for the Humanities.