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Memory for Forgetfulness

August, Beirut 1982

Memory for Forgetfulness( )
Author: Darwish, Mahmoud
Translator: Muhawi, Ibrahim
Foreword by: Antoon, Sinan
Series title:Literature of the Middle East Ser.
ISBN:978-0-520-27304-7
Publication Date:May 2013
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud 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). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: History / Middle East / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.6 Pounds
Author Biography
Darwish, Mahmoud (Author)
Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish was born on March 15, 1941. He was considered the Palestinian national poet and won numerous awards for his work including the 1969 Lotus Prize, the 1983 Lenin Peace Prize, and the 2001 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultral Freedom. His best known work was Identity Card (1964). He also edited the journal Al Karmel and wrote the Palestinian declaration of independent statehood. He died from complications of heart surgery on August 9, 2008.

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