Concerto al-Quds.

A cri de cœur 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 ext...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mattawa, Khaled
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Yale University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Online Access:CONNECT
CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Part I. The Meaning
  • 1. Heavenly Summary
  • 2. A Sky on Earth
  • 3. A Rope Between a Camel and a Tank
  • 4. A Bridge to Job
  • 5. Dissection
  • 6. Afflictions
  • 7. Tempted by Nothing: A Song
  • 8. Tempted by Everything: A Song
  • Part II. Images
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments