| Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? Contributor(s): Darwish, Mahmoud (Author), Sacks, Jeffrey (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0976395010 ISBN-13: 9780976395010 Publisher: Archipelago Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: At once an intimate autobiography and a collective memory of the Palestinian people, Mahmoud Darwish's interlinked poems are collective cries, songs, and glimpses of the human condition. The collection-widely considered his "chef-d'oeuvre"-is a poetry of myth and history, of exile and suspended time, of an identity bound to the Arabic language and his displaced people. Darwish's poems-specific and symbolic, simple and profound-are historical glimpses, existential queries, chants of pain and injustice of a people separated from their land. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Literary Collections | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 811 |
| LCCN: 2005035484 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 7.2" (0.65 lbs) 197 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At once an intimate autobiography and a collective memory of the Palestinian people, Darwish's intertwined poems are collective cries, songs, and glimpses of the human condition. Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? is a poetry of myth and history, of exile and suspended time, of an identity bound to his displaced people and to the rich Arabic language. Darwish's poems - specific and symbolic, simple and profound - are historical glimpses, existential queries, chants of pain and injustice of a people separated from their land. |