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Title: Love, Death, and Exile
Condition: New
Subtitle: Poems Translated from Arabic
Author: Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati
Translator: Bassam K. Frangieh
Contributor: Bassam K. Frangieh (Translated by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1589010043
EAN: 9781589010048
ISBN: 9781589010048
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Genre: Poetry & Drama
Release Date: 14/01/2004
Description: Called "a major innovator in his art form" by "The New York Times", Baghdad-born poet Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. "Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic" is a rare, bilingual facing-page edition in both the original Arabic text and a highly praised English translation by Bassam K. Frangieh, containing selections from eight of Al-Bayati's books of poetry. Forced to spend much of his life in exile from his native Iraq, Al-Bayati created poetry that is not only revolutionary and political, but also steeped in mysticism and allusion, moving and full of longing. This collection is a superb introduction to Al-Bayati, Arabic language, and Arabic literature and culture as well. On Al-Bayati's death in 1999, "The New York Times" obituary quoted him as saying once that his many years of absence from his homeland had been a "tormenting experience" that had great impact on his poetry. "I always dream at night that I am in Iraq and hear its heart beating and smell its fragrance carried by the wind, especially after midnight when it's quiet".
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 499g
Release Year: 2004

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