In the Land of Punctuation
Book Details
Author(s)
Christian Morgenstern
Publisher
Tara Books
ISBN / ASIN
8190754602
ISBN-13
9788190754606
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Sales Rank
#1,474,614
Marketplace
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Description
Written in 1905 by the German poet Christian Morgenstern, In the Land of Punctuation is a darkly comic linguistic caprice that holds a resonant mirror to our times. Situated at the crossroads of language, design, and politics, this illustrated edition is a unique picture book for adults. Translated faithfully by Sirish Rao, with typographic illustrations by Rathna Ramanathan, this is a brilliantly inventive dance of text and image.
The peaceful land of Punctuation
is filled with tension overnight
When the stops and commas of the nation
call the semi-colons ‘parasites’
