Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the greatest poets of the last half-century, his work evokes the loss of his homeland and is suffused with the pain of dispossession, exile and loss. His poems also display a brilliant acuity, a passion for and openness to the world and, above all, a deep and abiding humanity. Here, his close friends John Berger and Rema Hammami present a beautiful new translation of two of Darwish's later works, his long masterpiece Mural , a contemplation of his life and work written following lifethreatening surgery, and his last poem, The Dice Player , which Darwish read in Ramallah a month before his death. Illustrated with original drawings by John Berger, Mural is a testimony to one of the most important and powerful poets of our age.
- ISBN
9781844674107
- Published
- October 1st 2009 by Verso Books
- Category
- General
- Number of pages
- 128
- County of origin
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129