ARGONAUT BOOKS

"An unvarnished view of war and its repercussions: fear, dread, devastation, and exile."-Elisabeth Egan, New York Times Book Review"Important. . . . This book is a selection of the past decade of [Darwish's] poetry. That means that it travels the gamut. There are storytelling poems, where he creates myths and little miniature fables. . . . There are dream visions about a homeland from which he has long been exiled. There are also love poems. The translator, Kareem James Abu-Zeid, has done an incredible job."-Kaveh Akbar, New Yorker"Expansive in breadth and beauty . . . spare and lyrical. . . ....Read More