19 Varieties of Gazelle - Poems of the Middle East

"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..." Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside. Maybe they have something to tell us. Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Naomi Shihab Nye, Nye Naomi Shihab
• Verlag: Greenwillow Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 13 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.03.2005
• EAN: 9780060504045
• ISBN: 978-0-06-050404-5
• Seiten: 160
• Abmessung: 127 mm x 181 mm x 10 mm
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher; Schule und Lernen > Schulbücher Allgemeinbildende Schulen; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Poetry *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: History / Middle East *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: People & Places / Middle East *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Music / History *, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: African American & Black