Publisher's Synopsis
This superb collection of Nissim Ezekiel's seven individual volumes of verse, from A Time To Change (1952) to Latter-Day Psalms (1982), together with many uncollected or unpublished poems demonstrates why Nissim Ezekiel is widely considered to be India's greatest English-language poet. Commenting on politics and philosophy, the visual and performing arts, and life in modern Bombay, Ezekiel's poetry has been internationally praised for its clarity, lucidity, precision of image, and variety of form.