Palestine As Metaphor
- By: Mahmoud Darwish
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Politics & Social Sciences
- Stock Availability: Out Of Stock
- ISBN: 9781623719425
- Total Pages: 256
- Available Book Formats: Paperback
- Year: 2019
Price:
JOD 19.00
First English publication of interviews with the late Mahmoud Darwish.
Palestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared in English before. The interviews are a wealth of information on the poet's personal life, his relationships, his numerous works, and his tragedy. They illuminate Darwish's conception of poetry as a supreme art that transcends time and place.
Several writers and journalists conducted the interviews, including a Lebanese poet, a Syrian literary critic, three Palestinian writers, and an Israeli journalist. Each encounter took place in a different city from Nicosia to London, Paris, and Amman.
These vivid dialogues unravel the threads of a rich life haunted by the loss of Palestine and illuminate the genius and the distress of a major world poet.