Concerto al-Quds / Adonis ; translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adūnīs, 1930- author.

Contributor:

Mattawa, Khaled

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book.

Margellos world republic of letters book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--Poetry.

Jerusalem.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs, and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa.

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

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-23156-3

OCLC:

1009064316