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State of Siege | Mahmoud Darwish

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Mahmoud 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. Munir Akash s translation, including an introduction exploring the rich mythology of these poems, presents the first book-length, bilingual edition of State of Siege to an English audience."

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State of Siege | Mahmoud Darwish

I read this slim work of #poetry as one of the last categories for the #ReadHarder2017 challenge. The task is to read a translated poetry book that is NOT about love. So I went ahead and chose a work about war. Mahmoud Darwish was a celebrated Lebanese poet and this is one of his few works translated into English. Some lines of poem really resonated with me while others fell almost comically flat, which I‘m blaming on the translation. 3/5 stars.

parttimedomestic If you ever feel like trying another of his, I really enjoyed

Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982

cocomass @parttimedomestic added to my TBR. I‘d love to read something else of his. 6y

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