Memory for forgetfulness

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What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? This title offers an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions.



One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). "Memory for Forgetfulness" is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage. Ibrahim Muhawi's translation beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity. Sinan Antoon's foreword, written expressly for this edition, sets Darwish's work in the context of changes in the Middle East in the past thirty years.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 mei 2013

Aantal pagina's: 224

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Mahmoud Darwish

Tweede Auteur: Mahmud Darwish

Co Auteur: Ibrahim Muhawi

Hoofduitgeverij: University Of California Press

Eerste Vertaler: Ibrahim Muhawi

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Editie: First Edition, with a New Fore ed.

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 141 mm

Product hoogte: 14 mm

Product lengte: 211 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 133 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 15 mm

Verpakking lengte: 206 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 342 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780520273047

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