Palestine as Metaphor
“Palestine as Metaphor” by Mahmoud Darwish, published by Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated on October 15, 2019, is a collection of interviews that have not previously appeared in English. This 256-page edition offers insights into Darwish’s personal life, his relationships, and his extensive body of work, while also exploring his views on poetry as an art form that transcends time and place.
Readers will find a series of engaging dialogues conducted by various writers and journalists, including a Lebanese poet and an Israeli journalist, across diverse cities such as Nicosia, London, Paris, and Amman. These interviews delve into the complexities of Darwish’s life, marked by the loss of Palestine, and reveal the emotional depth and intellectual richness of a significant figure in Middle Eastern literature. The book serves as a valuable resource for those interested in literary collections, interviews, and poetry.
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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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