Come, Take a Gentle Stab - Selected Poems

About the author

Salim Barakat is a Kurdish-Syrian writer, considered to be one of the most innovative poets and novelists writing in the Arabic language. He was brought up in Qamishli in northern Syria and spent most of his youth there. After living in Beirut and Cyprus, he moved to Sweden in 1999, where he now resides. A prolific writer, Barakat has published dozens of novels and collections of poetry. He is distinguished from his contemporaries for the innovative use of style and theme within his writing.

Summary

Introduces renowned Kurdish-Syrian writer Salim Barkat to an English audience for the first time, with translated selections from his most acclaimed works of poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Salim Barakat
• Assisted by: Huda Fakhreddine (Translation), Jayson Iwen (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780857428882
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-888-2
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 237 mm x 163 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 346 g
• Series: The Arab List
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies