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The Country Without a Post Office

by Agha Shahid Ali · 1997

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"Translucent elegies 'for the city that is leaving forever' (Srinagar) from one of its sons, who also happens to be one of America's finest younger poets."—John Ashbery

Setting
1990sJammu and KashmirIndiaSouth Asia
Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages
Form
poetry

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