Mahmoud Darwish

A River Dies of Thirst

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'Lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate and elegant — and never anything less than free.'--Naomi Shihab NyeMahmoud Darwish was often cited as the poetic voice of the Palestinian people. In the summer of 2006, as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon, Darwish recorded his observations and feelings in poems, meditations, fragments and journal entries. The result is this remarkable collection, his last to come out in Arabic.At once lyrical and philosophical, questioning and wise, full of irony, resistance and play, Darwish's musings on unrest and loss dwell on love and humanity. In these pages, myth and dream are inseparable from truth.
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96 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
Publisher
Saqi Books
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  • Hina Usmanhas quoted4 days ago
    scene is the same as ever. Summer and sweat, and an imagination incapable of seeing beyond the horizon. And today is better than tomorrow. But the dead are what’s new. They’re born every day and when they’re trying to sleep death takes them away from their drowsiness into a sleep without dreams. It’s not worth counting them. None of them asks for help from anyone. Voices search for words in the open country, and the echo comes back clearly, woundingly: ‘There’s nobody here.’
  • Rafael Narvalhas quoted6 months ago
    Even if you were not the absence you are, I would be the presence I am
  • Rafael Narvalhas quoted6 months ago
    Tomorrow does not concern me. It’s an idea
    that does not seduce me. I am what I am: nothing
    will change me, just as I will change
    nothing, so don’t keep the sun off me!

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