Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me And Other Poems

Name: Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me And Other Poems
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ISBN: 9780300173161

ISBN-10: 0300173164

ISBN-13: 9780300173161

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ghassan Zaqtan, Fady Joudah

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In this inspired translation ofLike a Straw Bird It Follows Me,Ghassan Zaqtan's tenth and most recent poetry collection,along with selected earlier poems, Fady Joudah brings to English-language readers the best work by one of the most important and original Palestinian poets of our time. With these poems Zaqtan enters new terrain, illuminating the vision of what Arabic poetry in general and Palestinian poetry in particular are capable of. Departing from the lush aesthetics of such celebrated predecessors as Mahmoud Darwish and Adonis, Zaqtan's daily, delicate narrative, whirling catalogues, and at times austere aesthetics represent a new trajectory, a significant leap for young Arabic poets…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English