Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography

by Mehr Afshan Farooq

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was born in Agra in the closing years of the eighteenth century. A precocious child, he began composing verses at an early age and gained recognition while he was still very young. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian and was also a great prose stylist. He was a careful, even strict, editor of his work who took to publishing long before his peers. His predilection for writing difficult, obscure poetry peppered with complex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670094293
• ISBN13: 9780670094295
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"