This is a story of an impossible love, and yet, it happened. Two very different beings with opposite backgrounds are drawn to each other. Who knows why? She, an Angel, working undercover in Hell, meets a Boatman who carries souls from one Life to the Next. They navigate uncertain waters of life as they know it. Then, they meet an alien, a computer hacker, who one day finds a weak link in Life's Database. He hacks in and changes a few things which causes the Boatman to miss several scheduled pickups of souls. When the Devil catches wind of the Hacker's abilities, both the Boatman and Hacker become wanted by the Devil's Own. Angel is crucial to their safety. As are Marcy and the Baby who become entwined in the lives of all involved.In the face of Death, anything is possible...read The Angel and The Boatman, an unusual love story, there is nothing like it.

This translation by Tom Simone provides a text that is close to Dante’s meter and style as is possible using modern English. In such a way a student gets a feel for the structure and impact of the original, and it could also provide an easy segue to the original Italian. Simone provides an extensive introduction, ample footnotes for references that may not be clear to the reader, and each Canto provides a prose overview of the poetry to follow, all designed to provide the modern student with access to this important work.

This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre’s engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretical framework, the volume closely examines major texts such as The Harappa Files, Delhi Calm, Kari, Bhimayana, Gardener in the Wasteland, Pao Anthology, and authors and illustrators including Sarnath Banerjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Durgabai Vyam, Amrutha Patil, Srividya Natarajan and others. It also explores — using key illustrations from the texts — critical themes like contested and alternate histories, urban realities, social exclusion, contemporary politics, and identity politics. A major intervention in Indian writing in English, this volume will be of great importance to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, cultural studies, art and visual culture, and sociology.