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Mahmúd Darwíš

    Mahmúd Darwíš
    Memory for Forgetfulness
    Butterfly's Burden
    If I Were Another
    Absent Presence
    Palestine As Metaphor
    Ein Gedächtnis für das Vergessen
    • Ein Gedächtnis für das Vergessen

      • 211 Seiten
      • 8 Lesestunden

      Machmud Darwisch gilt als der bedeutendste palästinensische Dichter der Gegenwart. In seinem Prosawerk 'Ein Gedächtnis für das Vergessen' schildert er in einer dichten, poetischen, mitunter auch zynischen Sprache einen Tag im August 1982 in Beirut, während der israelischen Belagerung, die die Vertreibung der Palästinenser aus der libanesischen Metropole zum Ziel hatte. Schon der Tagesbeginn ist schwierig. Während eines Bombenangriffs kocht er sich unter Lebensgefahr trotzig Kaffee, bevor er sich in die verwüsteten Strassen der Stadt hinauswagt. Sein Gang wird zu einer Reise ins persönliche und kollektive Gedächtnis. Reflexionen über das Schicksal der Palästinenser, die Stadt Beirut, das Fremdsein und das Exil, Erinnerungen an die Liebe zu einer jüdischen Frau, an die Zeit im Gefängnis vermischen sich mit Träumen, Begegnungen mit Dichterkollegen, Schilderungen der sich überschlagenden Ängste zu einem vielschichtigen, meisterlich gefertigten Text von grosser künstlerischer Kraft.

      Ein Gedächtnis für das Vergessen
    • Palestine As Metaphor

      • 256 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      Palestine as Metaphor consists of a series of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, which have never appeared 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.

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    • Absent Presence

      • 126 Seiten
      • 5 Lesestunden

      "Darwish's poetry is an epic effort to transform the lyrics of loss into the indefinitely postponed drama of return." —Edward Said, author,Orientalism Blurring the boundaries between prose and poetry, this illuminating book explores the meaning of life, the impact of exile, and an existence spent in companionship with the specter of death. Partially autobiographical and marked by a sense of loss, it examines the nature of relationships—parental, carnal, and, the most fragile of all, that with life itself. A hauntingly beautiful work, it is the first English translation of a perfect introduction to a poet of global significance.

      Absent Presence
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    • If I Were Another

      • 234 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      Winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Translation Mahmoud Darwish was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both acclaimed by critics as one of the most important poets in the Arab world and beloved by his readers. His language—lyrical and tender—helped to transform modern Arabic poetry into a living metaphor for the universal experiences of exile, loss, and identity. The poems in this collection, constructed from the cadence and imagery of the Palestinian struggle, shift between the most intimate individual experience and the burdens of history and collective memory. Brilliantly translated by Fady Joudah, If I Were Another—which collects the greatest epic works of Darwish's mature years—is a powerful yet elegant work by a master poet that demonstrates why Darwish was one of the most celebrated poets of his time and was hailed as the voice and conscience of an entire people.

      If I Were Another
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    • Butterfly's Burden

      • 326 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      A bilingual Arabic-English edition which includes translation of three books: The Stranger's Bed, A State of Siege, and Don't Apologise for What You've Done.

      Butterfly's Burden
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    • Memory for Forgetfulness

      • 182 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      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.

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    • A River Dies of Thirst

      • 151 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden

      Written by one of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world, who is often cited as the poetic voice of the Palestinian people, this diary records his observations and feelings as Israel attacked Gaza and Lebanon.

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    • Deník všedního smutku

      • 102 Seiten
      • 4 Lesestunden

      Sbírka esejí jednoho z největších moderních arabských básníků Mahmúda Darwíše poskytuje intimní vhled do emocí spjatých se ztrátou domoviny a do života, jejž mnohým vymezily zdi okupace.

      Deník všedního smutku
      5,0
    • Akoby som sa radoval

      • 80 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden

      Význam poézie Mahmúda Darwíša je evidentný v oceneniach jeho krajanov, ktorí ho považujú za „národného básnika Palestíny“ a „hlas palestínskeho ľudu“. Jeho dielo sa často zhudobňuje a prijíma ako protestné piesne a hymny, čo potvrdzujú vypredané štadióny a štátny pohreb, na ktorom vystúpil prezident Palestínskej samosprávy po jeho smrti vo veku 67 rokov. Darwíš prevyšuje význam svojho pôvodu, aj keď jeho písanie je hlboko späté s Palestínou a jej historickou skúsenosťou. Jeho poézia spája osobné pohnútky so spoločenským dianím, pričom bol významnou politickou a kultúrnou osobnosťou, autorom palestínskej deklarácie nezávislosti (1988). V jeho raných veršoch sa odráža palestínska realita od roku 1948 a významné historické udalosti. V 70. a 80. rokoch dominovala spoločná skúsenosť Palestínčanov, neskôr sa jeho dielo stalo osobnejším, najmä od polovice 90. rokov. Témami jeho poézie sú identita a exil, ktoré sú osobnou cestou aj stavom mysle. Darwíšove básnické knihy a ich preklady dokazujú, že osobné osudy a strata domova rezonujú vo svete. Autorova schopnosť zachovať emotívnosť a obraznosť arabskej poézie sa prejavuje v každej myšlienke a vete, čím jeho dielo nadobúda hlboký emocionálny rozmer.

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    • Le lit de l'étrangère

      • 82 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden

      هُنالِكَ حُبٌّ يَمُرُّ بنا, دون أَن نَنْتَبِهْ, فلا هُوَ يَدْري ولا نحن نَدْري لماذا تُشرِّدُنا وردةٌ في جدارٍ قديم وتبكي فتاةٌ على مَوْقف الباص, تَقْضِمُ تُفَّاحةً ثم تبكي وتضحَكُ ؟ " لا شيءَ , لا شيءَ أكثر من نَحْلَةٍ عَبَرتْ في دمي ..

      Le lit de l'étrangère
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