Synopsis
Loakira's poem is about Arab Spring. But the power of his images shifts the reader from the uneasy Maghreb cities and onto another scene: the breaking and making, the revolts and improbable successes of poetry.
—from the Foreword by Peter Thompson
You will learn more from this slim but masterfully crafted volume about the so-called Arab Spring than from any political commentary. Loakira probes the sorrowful Arab predicament in the wake of the Tunisian revolution—set ablaze by the self-immolation M. Bouazizi—with unnerving honesty, dark humor, and rare insight. As suggested by the title, …et se voile le printemps, Loakira screams out his disenchantment, in a limpid and sumptuous language, however without resentment or self-righteousness. Just the promise of another (Arab) spring deferred. A poetic tour de force. And in Peter Thompson, Loakira has found his best interpreter in the English language.
—Prof. Hèdi Jaouad, Editor, CELAAN Review
The writing tackled by Loakira in this new poem shows the strain of a double telling: a telling that finally accepts the limits of the art of writing, and consents to the lucid refusals of the real.
—Rachid Khaless, poet, editor, translator
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About the Author
Born in Marrakech in 1945 into a family steeped in the traditions of the Malhoun, the Mahgreb melodic poetry, Mohamed Loakira became involved in left-wing political movements and the theatre while in school. Since then his many books of poetry and four novels have been universally praised. He won the Prix Grand Atlas de la poésie in 1995 and the Prix Grand Atlas du roman francophone in 2010. ...et se voile le printemps / ...AND THE SPRING IS VEILED OVER was published in Tanger in 2015 and the English translation from Diálogos in 2018.
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