If I Were Another: Poems

by Mahmoud Darwish

Book Overview

Winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Translation Mahmoud Darwish was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both acclaimed by critics as one of the most important poets in the Arab world and beloved by his readers. His language--lyrical and tender--helped to transform modern Arabic poetry into a living metaphor for the universal experiences of exile, loss, and identity. The poems in this collection, constructed from the cadence and imagery of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374174296
• ISBN13: 9780374174293
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 8.3"