| Concerto Al-Quds Contributor(s): Adonis (Author), Mattawa, Khaled (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0300197640 ISBN-13: 9780300197648 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | African |
| Dewey: 892.716 |
| LCCN: 2017941088 |
| Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A cri de coeur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet At the age of eighty-six, Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs, and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa. |