{"product_id":"absent-people-absent-places","title":"Absent People, Absent Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saranya Subramanian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Westland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 19-01-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About the Book\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA BRILLIANT DEBUT.\u003cbr\u003e\nAbsent People, Absent Places is a collection of poems that observes the trajectory of chronic depression in its colourful, varied, multiplicitous forms. The speaker of these poems moves from fighting absence to finding and inhabiting presence. This process of recovery and growth from depression leads eventually to self-acceptance as she comes to terms with flaws-her own, and the nation state's. If absence represents the disintegration of the nation, then presence represents recognising and then piecing together the fragments, however fractured.\u003cbr\u003e\nThrough the non-linear, looping journey away from depression, the speaker asserts herself: this is who I am; this is where we are; this is who we've become.\u003cbr\u003e\nBeautifully sculpted and vividly imaged, these poems take us into the heart of youthful conflict and resolution.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSaranya Subramanian reads, writes, researches, and runs the Bombay Poetry Crawl. Her writing has appeared in Lithub, Frontline, Caravan, South Asian Avant Garde, Scroll.in, Alma Magazine, India Design ID, Architectural Digest, Vogue, GQ India and CN Traveller India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789371970549\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51195492532528,"sku":"9371970545","price":293.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71DIQzGzvGL.jpg?v=1773761712","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/absent-people-absent-places","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}