
Dr Work's Leopard
Life with Appa
Sujata Bhatt(Author)
Carcanet Poetry (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 27. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-78410-803-8 (ISBN)
Description
For several years Sujata Bhatt has been working on two parallel projects, a new collection of poems to be called Habitat (her most recent book was Poppies in Translation in 2015) and her Appa stories, a move into prose. Appa is a physician, a father; he is wise, witty, always imaginative, making sure his children understand the connections between things, how blood flows, cures work, and how unpredictable life is, though patterns underlie even the most unexpected experiences. He speaks differently from his children, with an accent that delights and amuses them. He wants his children to be wise. He helps them imagine their way through their expanding worlds.
Bhatt tells the stories in no particular order. They're not building a novel. They come like lyric poems. There are unifying themes but no connected narrative. This is a treasury of stories that recur to the poet in response to something seen, heard or dreamt. They come as living memory.
Bhatt tells the stories in no particular order. They're not building a novel. They come like lyric poems. There are unifying themes but no connected narrative. This is a treasury of stories that recur to the poet in response to something seen, heard or dreamt. They come as living memory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78410-803-8 (9781784108038)
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Sujata Bhatt grew up in Pune, India, and in the United States. She received her MFA from the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. She is the author of eight previous collections and a Collected Poems (2013), and the recipient of numerous prizes, including a Cholmondeley Award.