A River Dies of Thirst: Journals by Mahmoud Darwish (English) Paperback Book

Description: A River Dies of Thirst by Mahmoud Darwish, Catherine Cobham One of Darwishs last collections. Poems and musings on identity, love, peace--with irony, hope, and humor. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This remarkable collection of poems, meditations, fragments, and journal entries was Mahmoud Darwishs last volume to come out in Arabic. This River is at once lyrical and philosophical, questioning and wise, full of irony, resistance, and play. Darwishs musings on unrest and loss dwell on love and humanity; myth and dream are inseparable from truth. Throughout this personal collection, Darwish returns frequently to his ongoing and often lighthearted conversation with death. A River Dies of Thirst is a collection of quiet revelations, embracing poetry, life, death, love, and the human condition."Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people . . . lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant-and never anything less than free-what he would dream for all his people." - Naomi Shihab Nye"Catherine Cobhams translations sway delicately between mystery and clarity, giving a rendition of the masters voice that should impress both those reading Darwishs work for the first time and those who are already familiar with it." - Fady Joudah, The GuardianThis remarkable collection of poems, meditations, fragments, and journal entries was Mahmoud Darwishs last volume to come out in Arabic.River is at once lyrical and philosophical, questioning and wise-full of irony, resistance, and play. Darwishs musings on unrest and loss dwell on love and humanity; in the pages of River, myth and dream are inseparable from truth.Throughout this personal collection, Darwish returns frequently to his ongoing (and often lighthearted) conversation with death, warning that "eternity does not visit graves and loves to joke." Author Biography Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was born in the village of al-Birwa, in the Galilee, Palestine. He became a refugee at age seven. He worked as a journalist and editor in Haifa and left to study in Moscow in 1970. His exilic journey took him to Cairo, Beirut, Tunis, Paris, Amman, and Ramallah, where he settled in 1995. He is one of the most celebrated and revered poets in the Arab world. He published more than thirty books, and his poetry has been translated into thirty-five languages. Darwish was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by France in 1993, was awarded the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize in 2001, the Prince Claus Award in 2004, and the Cairo Prize for Arabic Poetry in 2007. Catherine Cobham teaches Arabic language and literature at St. Andrews University in Scotland and has translated a number of contemporary authors from the Arabic, including Naguib Mahfouz, Hanan al-Shaykh, and Fuad al-Takarli. Review Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people . . . lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant – and never anything less than free – what he would dream for all his people. —Naomi Shihab Nye Mahmoud Darwish is one of the greatest poets of our time. In his poetry Palestine becomes the map of the human soul. —Elias Khoury There are two maps of Palestine that politicians will never manage to forfeit: the one kept in the memories of Palestinian refugees, andthat which is drawn by Darwishs poetry. —Anton Shammas I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit – a language to use against these sparkling silver insects, these jets. I want to sing. I want a language . . . that asks me to bear witness and that I can ask to bear witness, to what power there is in us to overcome this cosmic isolation. —Mahmoud Darwish Many people in the Arab world feel their language is in crisis. And it is no exaggeration to say that Mahmoud is considered a savior of the Arab language. —Syrian poetry critic Subhi Hadidi, cited by Adam Schatz, The New York Times Darwish left behind an entire continent of poems whispering and singing inside Arabic and calling on us to reacquaint ourselves with its topography. —Sinan Antoon Review Quote "Darwish left behind an entire continent of poems whispering and singing inside Arabic and calling on us to reacquaint ourselves with its topography." Sinan Antoon "Many people in the Arab world feel their language is in crisis. And it is no exaggeration to say that Mahmoud is considered a savior of the Arab language." Syrian poetry critic Subhi Hadidi, cited by Adam Schatz, The New York Times "Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people … lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant – and never anything less than free – what he would dream for all his people." Naomi Shihab Nye "Mahmoud Darwish is one of the greatest poets of our time. In his poetry Palestine becomes the map of the human soul." Elias Khoury "Darwish is to be read with urgency, in the night, when nothing else moves but his lines." The Village Voice "I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit - a language to use against these sparkling silver insects, these jets. I want to sing. I want a language … that asks me to bear witness and that I can ask to bear witness, to what power there is in us to overcome this cosmic isolation." Mahmoud Darwish Excerpt from Book Green flies The scene is the same as ever. Summer and sweat, and an imagination incapable of seeing beyond the horizon. And today is better than tomorrow. But the dead are whats new. Theyre born every day and when theyre trying to sleep death takes them away from their drowsiness into a sleep without dreams. Its not worth counting them. None of them asks for help from anyone. Voices search for words in the open country, and the echo comes back clearly, woundingly: Theres nobody here. But theres somebody who says: Its the killers right to defend the killer instinct, while the dead say belatedly: Its the victims right to defend his right to scream. The call to prayer rises to accompany the indistinguishable funerals: coffins hastily raised in the air, hastily buried no time to carry out the rites, more dead are arriving at speed from other raids, individually or in groups, or a whole family with no orphans or grieving parents left behind. The sky is leaden grey and the sea blue grey, but the colour of blood is hidden from the camera by swarms of green flies. Details ISBN0981955711 Author Catherine Cobham Short Title RIVER DIES OF THIRST Publisher Archipelago Books Language English Translator Catherine Cobham ISBN-10 0981955711 ISBN-13 9780981955711 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 153 DEWEY 892.716 Imprint Archipelago Books Subtitle Journals Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation University of St. Andrews UK Release Date 2009-08-25 AU Release Date 2009-08-25 NZ Release Date 2009-08-25 US Release Date 2009-08-25 Publication Date 2009-08-25 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159238748;

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