{"product_id":"undecember-amit-shankar-saha-9781683151265","title":"Undecember: The Thirteenth Month","description":"About the Book\u003cp\u003eA solar year consists of twelve months. But if a lunar year has to correspond to a solar year, then an extra month is required. This leap month is 'Undecember'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[...] This book represents a month of thirty days, divided into two sections: \u003cem\u003eSukla Paksha\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKrishna Paksha\u003c\/em\u003e - the Hindu demarcations for the waxing and waning phases of the moon - each comprising fifteen poems for the fifteen days of each phase. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese thirty poems convey the same ethos and sensibility of the previous book - being intensely personal and yet aesthetically accessible. The poems continue their play on \u003cem\u003eSringara Rasa\u003c\/em\u003e of love and beauty mediated by the sense of \u003cem\u003eviraha\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Review\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmit Shankar Saha is the Koh-i-Noor of poets, a priceless Indian diamond that shines most brilliantly among English [writers]. Who else could transform a missing tooth into a multifaceted meditation on mortality and identity? Or invoke the many-named splendors of his native land, and also invoke a cherished love life, via an imaginary tour through his own \"country of rhododendrons,\" all in less than twenty short lines? Nearly every poem in this book is a treasure! I highly recommend it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Duane Vorhees, author of Heaven and Between Holocausts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amit Shankar Saha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683151267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683151265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Culicidae Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Amit Shankar Saha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442941047039,"sku":"9781683151265","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7e94116-1418-409e-9e69-de699a6d6c09.jpg?v=1777200770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/undecember-amit-shankar-saha-9781683151265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}