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Exhausted on the cross
- Title
- Exhausted on the cross / Najwan Darwish ; translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid ; foreword by Raúl Zurita.
- Author
- Darwīsh, Najwān
- Publication
- New York, NY : New York Review of Books, [2021]
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- Description
- xviii, 125 pages; 18 cm.
- Summary
- "From a foremost contemporary Arab poet comes a book of deep poetic sensitivity, power, wit, and existential self-questioning. In a second major book to have been translated into English by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, following the critically acclaimed Nothing More to Lose, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish takes the reader on a dizzying journey across histories, cultures, and geographies. With Haifa and Jerusalem as its anchoring points, Exhausted on the Cross takes us from the grime of modern-day Shatila to the opulence of medieval Baghdad, from the gardens of Samarkand to the open-air prison that is Gaza. We join the Persian poet Hafez in the conquered city of Shiraz, and we converse with the Prophet Mohammad in Medina. In this eagerly awaited book from a poet with broad international appeal the universal themes of death, creation, human struggle, oppression, and tragedy come into sharp and intensely personal focus"--
- Series Statement
- New York Review Books poets
- Uniform Title
- Taʻiba al-muʻallaqūn. English
- New York Review Books poets.
- Alternative Title
- Taʻiba al-muʻallaqūn.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Note
- "First published in Arabic as Taʻiba al-muʻallaqūn by Al-Feel Publications & Arab Institute for Research & Publishing, 2018 (first edtion). Some of these poems first appeared in English translation in The Cordite Review and Modern Poetry in Translation"--Title page verso.
- Contents
- An ancient breeze from Wadi Salib -- With the Kaaba on its back -- A worker, waiting -- As the Lord was putting the first touches on dry land -- A soldier who didn't know the war was over -- Each word looks at me and says, "you cast me out" -- Often at the twists in nightmares.
- Call Number
- JFC 21-79
- ISBN
- 9781681375526
- 1681375524
- LCCN
- 2020047128
- 40030507709
- OCLC
- 1178649461
- Author
- Darwīsh, Najwān, author.
- Title
- Exhausted on the cross / Najwan Darwish ; translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid ; foreword by Raúl Zurita.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : New York Review of Books, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New York Review Books poetsNew York Review Books poets.
- Added Author
- Abu-Zeid, Kareem James, translator.Zurita, Raúl, writer of foreword.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Darwish, Najwan, Exhausted on the cross New York City : New York Review Books, 2021. 9781681375533 (DLC) 2020047129
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030507709
- Research Call Number
- JFC 21-79