{"product_id":"butterfly-s-burden-book-mahmoud-darwish-9781556592416","title":"The Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world's whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world--his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.\"--Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem \"A State of Siege.\" Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003e Patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003e And, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003e so I carry faraway's land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/b\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49531149287697,"sku":"CIN1556592418G","price":11.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735632519441,"sku":"NGR9781556592416","price":32.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49876052705553,"sku":"CIN1556592418VG","price":249.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037014753553,"sku":"NIN9781556592416","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51700689633553,"sku":"CIN1556592418A","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52685314785553,"sku":"NLS9781556592416","price":24.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53238995779857,"sku":"GOR010900740","price":249.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1556592418.jpg?v=1750925666","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/butterfly-s-burden-book-mahmoud-darwish-9781556592416","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}