The Blueness of the Evening : Selected Poems of Hassan Najmi / Hassan Najmi, Mbarek Sryfi, Eric Sellin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Najmi, Hassan.

Contributor:

Sryfi, Mbarek, translator, writer of preface.

Sellin, Eric, 1933- translator, writer of preface.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--Translations into English.

Arabic poetry.

Najmī, Ḥasan--Translations into English.

Najmī, Ḥasan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 86 pages)

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, AR : University of Arkansas Press, 2018.

Summary:

This selection of Hassan Najmi's poems, translated by Mbarek Sryfi and Eric Sellin, provides an excellent introduction to the work of one of Morocco's foremost poets and to a school of modern verse emerging in the Arab World. Scenes of late night cityscapes, lonely interiors, awe-inspiring desert wastes, and seaside vistas are found within the exquisitely subtle lyric moods and nuances of Najmi's ars poetica, providing insight into the geographical, political, and linguistic ferment that have made Morocco an exciting hub of creative activity in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; I. From A Small Life; Enemies; The Translator; Cogito; Sometimes; Café Ibn Battuta; Point of View; The Warriorâ#x80;#x99;s Turn; The Poet; A Little Woman; The Four Seasons; The Inn; Corrections; The Letters of Death; Clay; The Musician; The Movie Critic; Together . . .; II. From The Bathers; The Desert; III. From Seclusion; Condolences (I); Condolences (II); A Glance; Woman; Weeping; Message in a Bottle; Cradle; Dew; Chill; Scarf; Seagull; A Small Place; Stones; Voice; Dyads; The Blueness of the Evening; N.A.; The Station Square; Dyad; The Empty Chair. IV. Umber WindsUmber Winds; V. From A Hurt like Love; A Tear; The Runaway's Nostalgia; A Man Contemplating His Life; Voices in the City; The Violins; The Rain in the Poem; Whispers; A Cloud; Sands; A Room in Rome; Love; In the Darkened Room; Escape; The Dead Man; The Poet (II); Borges I; Borges II.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610756273

1610756274

OCLC:

1010494538