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'... a five-star publication ... I would like to see it widely bought, read, and discussed in the English-speaking world.' Orbis 'A beautifully produced little book.' Middle East International '... an excellent collection of verses from three of the most modern Arab poets.' International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies 'A very useful introduction to modern Arabic poetry ... an elegant, precise translation.' Al-Majalla 'A fascinating (and essential) bilingual anthology.' Poetry Wales 'Many poems whose beauty is in their apparent simplicity ...' Poetry London 'A useful introduction to modern Arabic poetry, this is an excellent collection of verses.' The Middle East --Reviews and Endorsements
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Since pre-Islamic days poetry has been the mass art form of the Arabic language. In modern times poets in the region have had a greater impact on popular culture than novelists, and there can be no doubt that Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim and Adonis are among the leading poets of the Arab world today. Victims of a Map presents fifteen translated poems by each poet. It includes thirteen poems by Darwish never before published in book form, even in Arabic, and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fantastic book, if only for its rarity. I get the feeling that some of the work presented here is not the best on tap from the authors, but such is anthology publishing. I'm using it to assist me in learning Arabic, and the clean (newsprint-style Arabic) typefaces make it well suited to the purpose.
One caveat: the book is quite small, containing only 15 poems from each author and very limited biographical sketches that don't contextualize the writers as well as I would expect. It is most definitely not intended to be used as a text, and more serious students of Arabic poetry will, for this reason, find it lacking.
Adonis, who the editor rather spuriously claims as the Arabic T.S. Eliot, is best represented here - especially by his poem "The New Noah". Not exactly the Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, but wonderful nonetheless.
One caveat: the book is quite small, containing only 15 poems from each author and very limited biographical sketches that don't contextualize the writers as well as I would expect. It is most definitely not intended to be used as a text, and more serious students of Arabic poetry will, for this reason, find it lacking.
Adonis, who the editor rather spuriously claims as the Arabic T.S. Eliot, is best represented here - especially by his poem "The New Noah". Not exactly the Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, but wonderful nonetheless.
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3 Dec 2008
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"Give Birth to Me Again That I May Know" A poem by Mahmud Darwish, touched my heart. The poem begins: "Give birth to me again that I may know in which land I will die, in which land I will come to life again." The poem ends with the lines, "I long for the bread of your voice, mother! I long for everything. I long for myself...I long for you."
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