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A cri de cœur on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet  Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds.
It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Adonis’s city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood.
Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:03/01/2018
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- ISBN:9780300197648
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:03/01/2018
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- ISBN:9780300197648
