{"title":"Mahmoud Darwish","description":"\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish's works offer a profound exploration of memory, identity, and the human condition through beautifully crafted poetry and prose. His writing weaves together personal and collective histories, inviting readers to reflect on themes of loss, exile, and resilience with lyrical intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a rich tapestry of emotional and cultural insights grounded in a deep connection to place and belonging. Darwish’s evocative language and poignant imagery capture the complexities of life in changing landscapes, making his work essential for those interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"unfortunately-it-was-paradise-by-mahmoud-darwish-9780520273030","title":"Unfortunately, It Was Paradise","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTilda Swinton’s Top Ten Favourite Books for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eT: The New York Times Style Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. A legend in Palestine, his lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. He has assimilated some of the world's oldest literary traditions while simultaneously struggling to open new possibilities for poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection spans Darwish's entire career, nearly four decades, revealing an impressive range of expression and form. A splendid team of translators has collaborated with the poet on these new translations, which capture Darwish's distinctive voice and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFady Joudah’s foreword, new to this edition, addresses Darwish’s enduring legacy following his death in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428394156268,"sku":"9780520273030","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520273030.jpg?v=1774496816"},{"product_id":"memory-for-forgetfulness-by-mahmoud-darwish-9780520273047","title":"Memory for Forgetfulness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the Arab world's greatest poets, Mahmoud Darwish, uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory for Forgetfulness\u003c\/i\u003e is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in a time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIbrahim Muhawi, the translator, beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity. Sinan Antoon's foreword, written expressly for this edition, sets Darwish's work in the context of changes in the Middle East in the past thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461171101932,"sku":"9780520273047","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520273047-memory-for-forgetfulness.jpg?v=1774960798"},{"product_id":"the-butterflys-burden-by-mahmoud-darwish-9781556592416","title":"The Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world's whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world—his is an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.\" —Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem \"A State of Siege.\" Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003e \nPatiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003e \nAnd, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003e \nso I carry faraway's land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslator \u003cstrong\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/strong\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559024967916,"sku":"9781556592416","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781556592416-the-butterfly-s-burden.jpg?v=1776927069"},{"product_id":"a-river-dies-of-thirst-by-mahmoud-darwish-9780863560613","title":"A River Dies of Thirst","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA person can only be born in one place. However, he may die several times elsewhere: in the exiles and prisons, and in a homeland transformed by occupation and oppression into a nightmare. Poetry is perhaps what teaches us to nurture the charming illusion: how to be reborn out of ourselves over and over again, and use words to construct a better world, a fictitious world that enables us to sign a pact for a permanent and comprehensive peace... with life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish was one of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world and is often cited as the poetic voice of the Palestinian people. During the tumultuous summer of 2006, as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon, Darwish was in Ramallah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe recorded his observations and feelings in writing included in \u003ci\u003eA River Dies of Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e, some of his last work. In this collection, Darwish writes of love, loss, and the pain of exile in bittersweet poems and diary entries leavened with hope and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate and elegant, and never anything less than free.\u003c\/b\u003e — Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese translations sway delicately between mystery and clarity, giving a rendition of the master's voice.\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRarely have the personal and the political been so plainly intertwined as in Darwish's poetry, and this book is no exception.\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Darwish is one of the greatest poets of our time. 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