A Nostalgist's Map of America: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393309249)

Mapping America as he travels westward, the Nostalgist is an exile from his native Kashmir, and even from his first American home; his is the unique perspective of the outsider. These jeweled, intricate poems, like the multilayered "In Search of Evanescence," locate and reflect the America that must be "unseen to be believed."

Somewhere between cartographer and stargazer, the Nostalgist links images of water, desert, and myth, returning to Tucson in the monsoons, or seeing Chile in his rearview mirror, all the while creating an intense and vital vision.

Author: Agha Shahid Ali, Shahid Ali Agha
ISBN-10: 039330924X
ISBN-13: 9780393309249
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1992
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.40d