Abdo Wazen (17 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Banipal 69 opens by saluting in texts by two of its major authors, the city of Beirut that was devastated by the calamitous explosion at its port on 4 August: Beirutshima is a resounding and moving poem by the poet Abdo Wazen that describes vividly and painfully the sudden and awful moments of the destruction as "tongues of hellfire shot out" . "in a nightmare moment like eternity", in a brilliant translation by Paul Starkey. Elias Khoury's essay The City of Strangers begins by looking at the metaphor of Beirut as an apple, from Mahmoud Darwish's poem "Beirut", although it was "born a pine tree on the shores of the Mediterranean", and how the explosion then sees "the monster bite through the metaphor's back and tear the metaphor to pieces."The main feature introduces nine new Arabic novels by authors from Tunisia, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt. In a change from including a brief synopsis of a novel with the excerpts in translation, in this issue eight novels are fully reviewed alongside the translated excerpts while one includes an interview with the author.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Banipal 69 opens by saluting in texts by two of its major authors, the city of Beirut that was devastated by the calamitous explosion at its port on 4 August: Beirutshima is a resounding and moving poem by the poet Abdo Wazen that describes vividly and painfully the sudden and awful moments of the destruction as tongues of hellfire shot out in a nightmare moment like eternity, in a brilliant translation by Paul Starkey. Elias Khourys essay The City of Strangers begins by looking at the metaphor of Beirut as an apple, from Mahmoud Darwishs poem Beirut, although it was born a pine tree on the shores of the Mediterranean, and how the explosion then sees the monster bite through the metaphors back and tear the metaphor to pieces.The main feature introduces nine new Arabic novels by authors from Tunisia, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt. In a change from including a brief synopsis of a novel with the excerpts in translation, in this issue eight novels are fully reviewed alongside the translated excerpts while one includes an interview with the author. Opens with salutes to the devastated city of Beirut by two of its authors Abdo Wazen and Elias Khoury. Main feature introduces 9 new novels by authors from Tunisia, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt with reviews, translated excerpts, and an interview. Also historic letters from Jabra Ibrahim Jabra to Denys Johnson-Davies. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Banipal 69 opens by saluting in texts by two of its major authors, the city of Beirut that was devastated by the calamitous explosion at its port on 4 August: Beirutshima is a resounding and moving poem by the poet Abdo Wazen that describes vividly and painfully the sudden and awful moments of the destruction as tongues of hellfire shot out in a nightmare moment like eternity, in a brilliant translation by Paul Starkey. Elias Khourys essay The City of Strangers begins by looking at the metaphor of Beirut as an apple, from Mahmoud Darwishs poem Beirut, although it was born a pine tree on the shores of the Mediterranean, and how the explosion then sees the monster bite through the metaphors back and tear the metaphor to pieces.The main feature introduces nine new Arabic novels by authors from Tunisia, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt. In a change from including a brief synopsis of a novel with the excerpts in translation, in this issue eight novels are fully reviewed alongside the translated excerpts while one includes an interview with the author. Opens with salutes to the devastated city of Beirut by two of its authors Abdo Wazen and Elias Khoury. Main feature introduces 9 new novels by authors from Tunisia, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt with reviews, translated excerpts, and an interview. Also historic letters from Jabra Ibrahim Jabra to Denys Johnson-Davies. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Banipal 69 opens by saluting in texts by two of its major authors, the city of Beirut that was devastated by the calamitous explosion at its port on 4 August: Beirutshima is a resounding and moving poem by the poet Abdo Wazen that describes vividly and painfully the sudden and awful moments of the destruction as "tongues of hellfire shot out" . "in a nightmare moment like eternity", in a brilliant translation by Paul Starkey. Elias Khoury's essay The City of Strangers begins by looking at the metaphor of Beirut as an apple, from Mahmoud Darwish's poem "Beirut", although it was "born a pine tree on the shores of the Mediterranean", and how the explosion then sees "the monster bite through the metaphor's back and tear the metaphor to pieces."The main feature introduces nine new Arabic novels by authors from Tunisia, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt. In a change from including a brief synopsis of a novel with the excerpts in translation, in this issue eight novels are fully reviewed alongside the translated excerpts while one includes an interview with the author.

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