.png)
Description of the Book:
The Park Bench is for those who enjoy wit and conceit, passion and romanticism in poetry. The themes are an outcome of a mindscape cultured by patience, understanding and acceptance of the inevitability of change and the necessity to overcome and move on. In the poem ‘I See a Woman’, she exhorts the patriarchal society to redefine the idea of a woman. There is a tinge of nostalgia for times gone by, times that were dictated by man as well as by the universe. A few are written in memory of the author's father, who was the driving force behind her desire to become a writer. Having been both a student and then a teacher of the English language and literature at the college level, many classical English poets have had influence over her writing. After a decade of writing she believes that she has discovered her voice and reinvented her own style of expression.
The Park Bench
Author's Name: Sithanthi Alfred
About the Author: Sithanthi Alfred was born in Bengaluru. She has a postgraduate degree in English Literature from Bangalore University and an M Phil from M S University, Tamil Nadu. She has taught English language and literature at college level for about fifteen years. She has been a voracious reader since a child, dabbled in writing poetry for a very long time, and in the last ten years worked hard on learning to write short stories as well. The Park Bench is her first serious attempt at publishing poetry. She is working on publishing her short stories next. She lives with her family in Bengaluru. Book ISBN: 9789363310162