num_pages: 108
description: "An incomparable work, an unmatched achievement."―Anthony Hecht In this stunningly inventive collection―a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in poetry―Ali excavates the devastation wrought upon his childhood home, Kashmir, and reveals a more personal devastation: his mother's death and the journey with her body back to Kashmir.
language: English
title: Rooms Are Never Finished: Poems
titlecomplete: Rooms Are Never Finished: Poems
genres: Indian Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 207
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company