Description
Written in the shadow of approaching death, this lyrical meditation turns the poet’s own life into a searching dialogue between presence and absence. Moving fluidly between prose and poetry, it explores exile and homeland, memory and history, love and friendship, family, and the enduring struggle to make meaning through language. Rooted in the Palestinian experience yet resonant far beyond it, the work inhabits the borders between life and death, self and other, offering a profound and luminous reflection on identity, loss, and artistic creation.
Available Editions
paperback
Archipelago Books
Published Jan 1, 2011
200 pages
ISBN: 9781935744016
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Details
First Published
2006
Language
eng
Translation
From: ara
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