{"product_id":"if-i-were-another-mahmoud-darwish-copy","title":"If I were another | Mahmoud Darwish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world's whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world—his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.\"—Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem “A State of Siege.\" Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003ePatiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003eAnd, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003eso I carry faraway's land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raincoast","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54091995644214,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/2190\/8534\/files\/FullSizeRender_edc8e66d-70b3-4000-b43e-706e59343794.jpg?v=1780513955","url":"https:\/\/lovelylabooks.com\/fr\/products\/if-i-were-another-mahmoud-darwish-copy","provider":"Love Lyla Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}