State of Siege
Mahmoud Darwish
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Description for State of Siege
Paperback. Translator(s): Akash, Munir; Moore, Daniel Abdal-Hayy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Darwish (1942-2008), recipient of France s Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres medal, the Lotus Prize, and the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom, is widely considered Palestine s most eminent poet. State of Siege was written while the poet himself was under siege in Ramallah during the Israeli invasion of 2002. An eloquent and impassioned response to political extremity, the collection was published to great acclaim in the Arab world. Akash and Moore s translation, including an introduction by Akash exploring the rich mythology of these poems, presents the first book-length, bilingual edition of State of Siege to an ... Read more
Darwish (1942-2008), recipient of France s Knight of Arts and Belles Lettres medal, the Lotus Prize, and the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom, is widely considered Palestine s most eminent poet. State of Siege was written while the poet himself was under siege in Ramallah during the Israeli invasion of 2002. An eloquent and impassioned response to political extremity, the collection was published to great acclaim in the Arab world. Akash and Moore s translation, including an introduction by Akash exploring the rich mythology of these poems, presents the first book-length, bilingual edition of State of Siege to an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609230
SKU
V9780815609230
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