{"product_id":"in-a-time-of-burning","title":"In A Time Of Burning","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis selection charts the civil war in Sri Lanka, a war which has raged for more than three decades, and left a once idyllic landscape devastated. Together these works encapsulate the Tamil story of exile and displacement, of love overshadowed by uncertainty and loss. Introduced by Sascha Ebeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Lakshmi Holmström.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmma, don''t weep.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere are no mountains to shoulder your sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethere are no rivers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eto dissolve your tears.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe instant he handed you\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe baby from his shoulder,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe gun fired. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(from ''Amma, don''t weep'', 1985)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheran\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Alaveddy in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. His two early collections, \u003cem\u003eA Second Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e (1982) and \u003cem\u003eGod of Death\u003c\/em\u003e (1984), and an anthology of Tamil resistance poems, \u003cem\u003eAmidst Death, We Live\u003c\/em\u003e (1985), are all landmarks in contemporary Tamil poetry. He currently teaches at the University of Windsor, Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLakshmi Holmström\u003c\/strong\u003e recently co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Rapids of a Great River: the Penguin Book of Tamil Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (2010). From 2003 to 2006, she was a Royal Literary Fund fellow at the University of East Anglia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is also available as an ebook\u003c\/strong\u003e: buy it from Amazon \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/In-Time-Burning-ebook\/dp\/B00E0TDO9G\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1374573424\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=in+a+time+of+burning\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57433247515006,"sku":"NW9781906570323","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781906570323.jpg?v=1779090333","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/in-a-time-of-burning","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}