Mural - Softcover

Darwish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786630575 ISBN 13: 9781786630575

Verlag: Verso, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the greatest poets of the last half-century,his work evokes the loss of his homeland and is suffused with the pain of dispossession, exile and loss. His poems also display a brilliant acuity, a passion for and openness to the world and, above all, a deep and abiding humanity.,

Here, his close friends John Berger and Rema Hammami present a beautiful new translation of two of Darwish's later works, his long masterpiece Mural, a contemplation of his life and work written following life-threatening surgery, and his last poem, "The Dice Player," which Darwish read in Ramallah a month before his death. Illustrated with original drawings by John Berger, Mural is a testimony to one of the most important and powerful poets of our age.

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Críticas:

"Darwish's poetry is an epic effort to transform the lyrics of loss into the indefinitely postponed drama of return." - Edward Said "Did as much as anyone to forge a Palestinian national consciousness." - Peter Clark, The Guardian "The most celebrated writer of verse in the Arab world." - Adam Shatz, The New York Times "His was a constant voice calling for coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians." - The Times [London]

Biografía del autor:

Mahmoud Darwish (1942-2008) published some thirty books of poetry and prose; his work has been translated into thirty-five languages. His many international awards include the Lenin Peace Prize and the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom.

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• Verlag: Verso
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1786630575
• ISBN 13: 9781786630575
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 88