Palestine As Metaphor

"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 been translated and published 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"--

About the author

Mahmoud Darwish, born in 1941 in the village of al-Birweh, Palestine, was the author of over two dozen volumes of poetry and prose. He died in the summer of 2008. Mohammad Shaheen is professor of English at the University of Jordan and the author of many books, including E.M. Forster and the Politics of Imperialism.

Product details

• Authors: Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmoud El-Zein Darwish, Darwish Mahmoud, Amira El-Zein, El-Zein Amira
• Assisted by: Amira El-Zein (Translation), Carolyn Forché (Translation)
• Publisher: Interlink pub group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2019
• EAN: 9781623719425
• ISBN: 978-1-62371-942-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Reportage & collected journalism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns