Map of Absence : An Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba by Atef Alshaer (2019, Trade Paperback) online kaufen

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PublisherSaqi Books

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Book TitleMap of Absence : an Anthology of Palestinian Writing on the Nakba

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMiddle Eastern, Middle East / General

Publication Year2019

GenrePoetry, Literary Collections, History

AuthorAtef Alshaer

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Reviews'In this crucial anthology, Palestine's greatest classic and contemporary writers use the poetry and rigour of their words to delineate both the trauma of the past and the continuities of exile, oppression and resistance.', 'An essential collection of vital voices ... Palestinian literature and thought are defiantly alive and pushing boundaries in fiction, poetry, memoir and reportage.', 'A Map of Absence is a remarkable collection of some of the finest examples of [Palestinian] literature ... It is the details hidden in each piece of writing - occasionally hopeful, often heartbreaking - that lend this collection its personality.', 'Throughout this book, it is the human experience that stands out, elsewhere discarded to make space for the politics that have disrupted and ruptured Palestinian lives.' Middle East Monitor ' A Map of Absence is a tribute to the power and elegance of the Arabic language and to the sensitivity of the editor. Some of the contributors write in English but most are beautifully translated from the original Arabic. Above all, the book is a reminder of the suffering and bravery of many of today's refugees in their fight to find a new identity and deal with the fact that they can never forget their home, their land and the identity they have lost.' 7D News, 'This anthology brilliantly brings together seminal writings on the Nakba. It will be of interest to students of literature as well as those wishing to learn about Palestine for a long time to come.'

Dewey Decimal892.708095694

Table Of ContentWritings before the Nakba Ibrahim Tauqan (My Homeland and Red Tuesday, Translated by Issa J. Boullata) Abu Salma al-Karmi (We Will Return) Abdel Rahim Mahmoud (The Martyr) Samira Azzam (Bread of Sacrifice, Translated by Salma al-Jayussi; or Man and His Alarm Clock, Translated by Joseph Farag ) Aref al-Aref (Excerpt from: The Catastrophe: The Catastrophe of Jerusalem and the Lost Paradise) Wasif Jawhariyyeh (Excerpt from the Storyteller of Jerusalem: The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh (1904-1948, authored by Salim Tamari and translated by Nada El-Zeer) Ishaq Musa al-Husayni (Excerpt from: Memories of A Hen) Post Nakba Constantin Zureiq ( Excerpt from The Meaning of the Disaster) Mohammad Izzat Darwazeh (Excerpt from: Memories of Mohammad Izzat Darwazeh) Fadwa Tauqan Ghassan Kanafani (The Land of Sad Oranges) Jabra Ibrahim Jabra (excerpt from Hunters in a Narrow Street) Samih al-Qassim (So What If; Kafr Qasim; The End of A Discussion with A Travel Guard; Travel Tickets) Muin Bisisi Emile Habibi Mahmoud Darwish (Two Poems: Record I am an Arab and At the Train of a Station which Fell of The Map; To the Land and Standing Before the Ruins of el-Birweh, I am from There) Tawfiq Ziad (Like Twenty Impossible, We Shall Remain) Taha Muhammad Ali (Exodus) Rashid Hussein (Without a Passport) Salma Khadra Jayussi Ahmad Dahbur Tawfiq Sayigh (To Enter A Country) Yahya Yakhlif Sahar Khalifeh Mourid Barghouthi Walid Khalidi 1993 Ghassan Zaqatan (Remembering the Grandmother and Beyond That) Raja Shehadeh (Excerpt from: A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle) Edward Said Excerpt from After the Last Sky) Ghada Karmi (Excerpt from In Search of Fatima) Ibrahim Nasrallah (Excerpt from The Time of the White Horses) Antun Shammas (Excerpt from Arabesques) Ribai al-Madhoun (Destinies: Concerto of the Holocaust and the Nakba) Elias Khoury (Excerpt from Men in the Sun) Liana Badre Atef Abu-Sayf Adaniyya Shibli Fawaz Turki Jean Said Makdisi Salman Abu Sitta (Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir) Karl Sabbagh (Palestine: A Personal History) Lisa Suhair Maja (Fifty Years On / Stones in an Unfinished Wall) Najwan Darwish (Excerpt from Nothing More to Lose) Remi Kanazi Sharif S. Elmusa Sayed Kashua

SynopsisThe Nakba, or "catastrophe," of 1948 saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians dispossessed from their land to create the state of Israel, leading to a refugee crisis that is still ongoing today. This unique collection brings together the finest poetry and prose on the Nakba by Palestinian writers over the last 70 years, for the first time., A Map of Absence presents the finest poetry and prose by Palestinian writers over the last seventy years. Featuring writers in the diaspora and those living under occupation, these striking entries pay testament to one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the 1948 Nakba. This unique, landmark anthology includes translated excerpts of works by major authors such as Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Kanafani and Fadwa Tuqan alongside those of emerging writers, published here in English for the first time. Depicting the varied aspects of Palestinian life both before and after 1948, their writings highlight the ongoing resonances of the Nakba. An intimate companion for all lovers of world literature, A Map of Absence reveals the depth and breadth of Palestinian writing., This landmark collection is the first to bring together seminal writings by Palestinian writers about the Nakba in one volume.

LC Classification NumberPJ8190.55