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Without an Alphabet, Without a Face: Selected Poems

Without an Alphabet, Without a Face: Selected Poems

Youssef, Saadi
Mattawa, Khaled

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ISBN10: 155597371X
ISBN13: 9781555973711
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: Dec 1 2002
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.04 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
Awards: Literary Award

This Iraq will reach the ends of the graveyard.
It will bury its sons in open country
generation after generation,
and it will forgive its despot...
It will not be the Iraq that once held the name.--from A Vision

Living his life in exile--a series of forced departures from numerous countries--Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef also writes outside the long-standing forms of traditional Arabic poetry. In the words of Salma Khadra, a critic of Arabic poetry, Youssef's poetry abounds with the sights, smells, colors, and movement of life around him, depicting scenes of great familiarity and intimacy. This is a great achievement in the face of the rage and fury and technical complexities of much of the other poetry written by his contemporaries. Beautifully translated by Khaled Mattawa, Graywolf is proud to present Without an Alphabet, Without a Face to the United States.

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