Research Catalog

Title

A map of signs and scents : new and selected poems, 1979-2014 / Amjad Nasser ; translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah and Khaled Mattawa.

Author

Nāṣir, Amjad

Publication

• Evanston, Illinois : Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Joudah, Fady, 1971-
• Mattawa, Khaled
• Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library). Collections, repository. poe

Description

xvii, 161 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"A Map of Signs and Scents is a collection of sixty poems by an acclaimed poet whose life and work span Middle Eastern and Western worlds, centuries past and the vivid present, the sweep of history and the intimacy of love. Born in Jordan in 1955, Amjad Nasser has lived and worked in Beirut, Cyprus, and London. His work reflects a nuanced view of the currents of history along which individual lives play out, putting him in conversation with such poets as C. P. Cavafy, Octavio Paz, and Derek Walcott. And yet, within his peripatetic life, Nasser has produced a corpus of work that, far from evoking the alienation possible in a life of motion, puts him in deep camaraderie with the world. Through fresh translations by the award-winning poets Fady Joudah and Khaled Mattawa, readers will experience the fascinating evolution of Nasser s style through his prolific, highly praised career, starting with samples of the rich textures and fertile symbolism of his 1979 debut "Praise for Another Cafe." In selections from subsequent works such as "Climbing the Mountain since Gilead," "The Strangers Arrive," and "Life like a Broken Tale," readers will trace Nasser s work as it develops into a mature style that, while more precise and direct, confidently encompasses broad horizons."--Amazon.com.

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections. English

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

Arabic poetry > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Translations

Note

• Translated from the Arabic.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

From Praise for another cafe, 1979 -- Gates to the sky, but they are narrow -- From Climbing the mountain since Gilead, 1981 -- Song -- Grandfather -- Flower -- Shoes -- The bleating of copper -- From Shepherds of solitude, 1986 -- Exile -- Drums -- Bent branches -- Loneliness -- Fever -- Shade plants -- Planets for Asia -- Shepherds of solitude -- From The strangers arrive, 1990 -- Chance -- The strangers arrive -- The impending hour -- Lines to Joseph -- The lion -- From Joy to all who see you, 1994 -- Invocation for entering the house -- The scent reminds -- A rose of black lace -- Invocation -- The sun flung its golden incisors at me -- The lover's ascent -- From Ascent of breath, 1997 -- A dusk foretold -- Ascent of breath -- From Whenever he saw a sign, 1998 -- Meritocracy -- Haiku breaths -- A mark -- Alexander's gold -- Kismet -- Appearance -- Father's sleep -- The edges of day -- From Life like a broken narrative, 2004 -- The house after her death -- Old radio -- Bridges -- Souvenir -- The ring from Al-Qayrawan -- Suhrawardi's handkerchief -- A postponed poem for New York -- Dog's tail -- 03-03-03 -- Something like anger, like betrayal -- Clay tablets -- Preparing for flight -- The phases of the moon in London -- Mimicking Mark Antony -- An ordinary conversation about cancer -- Neighbors -- The stars of London -- Cavafy's mask -- New uncollected poems, 2008-2014 -- Petra: the concealed rose -- If you're passing through Rome -- Don't do as Romans do -- On the way to you -- By chance as well -- Light.

ISBN

• 9780810133655
• 0810133652
• 9780810133662 (canceled/invalid)
• 0810133660 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2016017484

OCLC

• 946725918
• SCSB-12396738

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library