A House At The Edge Of Tears by Venus Khoury-Ghata

A House At The Edge Of Tears by Venus Khoury-Ghata

In the city of Beirut, five shabby dwellings circle a courtyard in which stands a pomegranate tree weeping blood red fruit. The residents hear screams in the night as a boy is beaten by his father for masturbating in his sleep. A crime not worthy of the punishment - the neighbours gossip and decide he must have tried to rape his sister. The poems he writes are perhaps an even greater crime to his father, but ultimately a gift to his eldest sister, who narrates their story with a combination of brutal truth and stunning prose.

Claire Malroux is the author of a dozen collections of poems, including Edge, A Long-Gone Sun, and Birds and Bison, all of which were translated into English by Marilyn Hacker. She is also a French translator of Anglophone poets, notably Marilyn Hacker, Henri Cole, Derek Walcott, Wallace Stevens, and, in particular, Emily Dickinson. She lives in Paris, France.

Marilyn Hacker is the author of fourteen books of poems, including Blazons, A Stranger's Mirror, and Names; and an essay collection, Unauthorized Voices. Her seventeen translations of other French and Francophone poets include Jean-Paul de Dadelsen's That Light, All at Once: Selected Poems, and Samira Negrouche's The Olive Trees' Jazz and Other Poems. She lives in Paris, France.

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ISBN 13	9781555974343
ISBN 10	1555974341
Title	A House At The Edge Of Tears
Author	Venus Khoury-Ghata
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Graywolf Press,U.S.
Year published	2005-11-01
Number of pages	111
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