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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Memory, identify, homeland. ( ) This is a wonderful collection of essays from an Arab poet that has been translated into English. His essays provide us with solemn and poignant insights into the Palestinian people and the dignity with which they bear their tragedies. Some of his essays provide a good historical map to the current Palestinian homeland situation, the loss felt by her people and what it means to them, living within the walls of occupation. Darwish has a soulful voice, one I would like to hear more often. no reviews | add a review
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Both voice of the Palestinian people and one of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Mahmoud Darwish also wrote several remarkable volumes of autobiographical essays over the course of his life. First published in Beirut in 1973, these probing essays ask vital questions about the existentially complex realities the Palestinians in Israel face and the ambiguity of Darwish's own identity as an Israeli Palestinian. They call upon myth, memory and language to delve into the poet's experiences, which include house arrest, interrogations and time in prison. No library descriptions found. |
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