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Concerto Al-Quds
Contributor(s): Adonis (Author), Mattawa, Khaled (Translator)

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ISBN: 0300197640     ISBN-13: 9780300197648
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Middle Eastern
- Literary Criticism | African
Dewey: 892.716
LCCN: 2017941088
Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 7.9" L (0.50 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Features: Bibliography
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/15/2017 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2017
 
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Publisher Description:
A cri de coeur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet

At the age of eighty-six, Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs, and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa.

 
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