A Time Between Ashes & Roses
ong>ISong>BN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adonong>isong> / Toorawa, Shawkat M. / Rabbat, Nasser, PUBLong>ISong>HER: Syracuse University Press, In thong>isong> noted anthology, the poet Adonong>isong> evokes the wong>isong>dom of Whitman's Leaves of Grass (which he liberally excerpts and remolds), the modernong>isong>m of William Carlos Williams, and the haunting urban imagery of Baudelaire, Cavafy, and Lorca. Three long poems allow him to explore profoundly the human condition, by examining language and love, race and favor, faith and dogma, war and ruin. In the lyrical "Thong>isong> ong>Isong> ong>Myong> Name" and "Introduction to the Hong>isong>tory of the Petty Kings," Adonong>isong> ponders Arab defeat and defeatong>isong>m. In "A Grave for New York," he focuses on Vietnam-era America. Originally publong>isong>hed in to widespread acclaim, the collection has been reprinted often but has never before appeared in Englong>isong>h. Enhanced by Shawkat M. Toorawa's bilingual edition of the Arabic and Englong>isong>h on facing pages, an afterword, and assong>isong>ted by a critical bibliography of Adonong>isong>'s works, thong>isong> book ong>isong> a crucial reference for all students and scholars of modern and Middle Eastern poetry and culture. Noted Syrian intellectual Nasser Rabbat offers a compelling foreword.