Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982

by Mahmoud Darwish

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One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520273044

ISBN13:9780520273047

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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