Half way up the remote fortress of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is a long wall of polished plaster, with mysterious golden women painted on the rock above, who seem to be dancing in the clouds. Twenty of these frescoes have survived since the end of the fifth century. The Mirror Wall is covered with graffiti: hundreds of songs relating to these cloud nymphs, composed by nobles, merchants, travellers and Buddhist monks during the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries. These songs or lyrics were sung, probably with vina, flute and drums ...
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Half way up the remote fortress of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is a long wall of polished plaster, with mysterious golden women painted on the rock above, who seem to be dancing in the clouds. Twenty of these frescoes have survived since the end of the fifth century. The Mirror Wall is covered with graffiti: hundreds of songs relating to these cloud nymphs, composed by nobles, merchants, travellers and Buddhist monks during the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries. These songs or lyrics were sung, probably with vina, flute and drums, in the gallery beneath the portraits, where the words were written on the wall: love poems, satires and curses; happy, witty, ironical and sad celebrations of beautiful, erotic, festive and sometimes painful experiences. Richard Murphy's poems were inspired by the songs of the Mirror Wall. Some keep close to the intricate forms and meaning of their Old Sinhala originals. More often they are free versions, celebrating particular images and ideas, bringing in modern voices or combining several songs. The Mirror Wall was a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation. It includes five colour plates of the frescoes and graffiti.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN: 9781852240936.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text is unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover w/jacket. Light wear on jacket and boards. Appears to be inscribed by author on front end paper. Clean text. Tulsa's best used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Octavo. Orange cloth boards. Illustrated with color plates. Fine in a very good dust jacket with dampstain on bottom edges. Winner of the Poetry Book Society Translation Award.
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