In the Presence of Absence

Name: In the Presence of Absence
ISBN: 9781935744016

Mahmoud Darwish

2006·200 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

classics memoir

“Darwish is to be read with urgency, in the night, when nothing else moves but his lines.”
— The Village Voice

By one of the most transcendent poets of this generation, a remarkable collection of prose poems that explores themes of love, pain, isolation, and connection. In this self-eulogy written in the final years of Mahmoud Darwish's life, Palestine becomes a metaphor for the injustice and pain of our contemporary moment. Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was one of the most acclaimed poets in the Arab world. His poetry collections include Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? and A River Dies of Thirst (Archipelago Books).

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