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Exhausted on the Cross

By Najwan Darwish

Exhausted on the Cross

By Najwan Darwish

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A much-anticipated follow-up to Nothing More to Lose, this is only the second poetry collection translated into English from a vital voice of the Arab world. From a foremost contemporary Arab poet comes a book of deep poetic sensitivity, power, wit, and existential self-questioning. In a second major book to have been translated into English by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, following the critically acclaimed Nothing More to Lose, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish takes the reader on a dizzying journey across histories, cultures, and geographies. With Haifa and Jerusalem as its anchoring points, Exhausted on the Cross takes us from the grime of modern-day Shatila to the opulence of medieval Baghdad, from the gardens of Samarkand to the open-air prison that is Gaza. We join the Persian poet Hafez in the conquered city of Shiraz, and we converse with the Prophet Mohammad in Medina. In this eagerly awaited book from a poet with broad international appeal the universal themes of death, creation, human struggle, oppression, and tragedy come into sharp and intensely personal focus.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
144
Release Date:
2021-02-23
Publication Date:
2021-02-23
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1681375524
ISBN13:
9781681375526
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
135 g
Height:
115 cm
Width:
175 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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