Victims of a Map
A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry (Adonis, Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim)
Published on 16. June 2005
176 pages
978-0-86356-310-2 (ISBN)
Description
Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim and Adonis are amongst the leading poets in the Arab world today. Victims of a Map presents some of their finest work in translation, alongside the original Arabic, including thirteen poems by Darwish never before published - in English or Arabic - and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
`A five-star publication ... I would like to see it widely bought, read, and discussed in the English-speaking world.' Orbis; `A beautifully produced little book.' Middle East International; `A very useful introduction to modern Arabic poetry ... an elegant, precise translation.' Al-Majalla; 'An excellent collection of verses from three of the most modern Arab poets.' International Journal of Islamic and Arabic StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
2,99 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-86356-310-2 (9780863563102)
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06/2005
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Persons
Abdullah al-Udhari was born in Taiz, Yemen, in 1941, and has lived in London since 1962. He studied classical Arab literature and Sabaean epigraphy at London University, where he also received a doctorate for his pioneering study, Jahili Poetry before Imru al-Qais [4000 BCE-500 CE], which established him as an authority on early Jahili literature. In 1974 he founded and edited TR, an Anglo-Arab literary and arts magazine. He is a literary historian, poet and storyteller, and his publications include , Victims of a Map, Voice Without Passport, The Arab Creation Myth and Modern Poetry of the Arab World.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Poems
- Mahmud Darwish
- Biographical Note
- The Earth Is Closing on Us
- When the Martyrs Go to Sleep
- We Fear for a Dream
- We Are Entitled to Love Autumn
- Give Birth to Me Again That I May Know
- If I Were to Start All Over Again
- Is It in Such a Song?
- A Gypsy Melody
- We Travel Like Other People
- We Go to a Country
- We Are Here Near There
- Athens Airport
- They'd Love to See Me Dead
- The Wandering Guitar Player
- A Gentle Rain in a Distant Autumn
- Samih al-Qasim
- Biographical Note
- Slit Lips
- Sons of War
- Confession at Midday
- Travel Tickets
- Bats
- Abandoning
- The Story of a City
- Conversation Between an Ear of Corn and a Jerusalem Rose Thorn
- How I Became an Article
- The Story of the Unknown Man
- End of a Discussion With a Jailer
- Eternity
- The Will of a Man Dying in Exile
- The Boring Orbit
- The Clock on the Wall
- Adonis
- Biographical Note
- A Mirror for the Executioner
- A Mirror for the Twentieth Century
- A Mirror for Beirut
- Worries (A Dream)
- The Golden Age
- Song
- Prophecy
- Psalm
- The Wound
- A Woman and a Man (Conversation, 1967)
- The New Noah
- The Seven Days
- The Pearl (Dream - Mirror)
- The Minaret
- The Desert (The Diary of Beirut Under Siege, 1982)
