The Blue Light by Hussein Barghouthi
The Blue Light is an autobiographical novel in chapters and vignettes that travels through memory, time, and language. Hussein Bargouthi tells his story with Bari, a Turkish American Sufi, during Bargouthi’s years as a graduate student at the University of Washington in the late 1980s. The Blue Light has several beginnings and many returns—from Beirut’s traumatic sea to musings on color and identity, from Buddhist paths to Rajneesh disciples, from military rule to colonial insanity, from drug addiction to sacred rock. Written and lived between Arabic and English, this is a unique book whose depth is as clear as its surface. It will tempt you to dismiss it as it compels you to devour it for illumination. Merging memoir with fiction, and the hallowed with the profane, The Blue Light is a meditation on and liberation from madness—a brilliant, inimitable literary achievement.
"The Blue Light is philosophically capacious: Barghouthi explores spirituality and sociality, as well as knowledge, creativity, and writing" * Full Stop *
Hussein Barghouthi (1954–2002) was a Palestinian poet, writer, philosopher, and professor from the village of Kobar in Ramallah. Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American physician, poet, and translator. He is the author of The Earth in the Attic.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781803090832 |
| ISBN 10 | 1803090839 |
| Title | The Blue Light |
| Author | Hussein Barghouthi |
| Series | The Arab List |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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