Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic

by Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati and Bassam K. Frangieh

Book Overview

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Called "a major innovator in his art form" by The New York Times, Baghdad-born poet Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic is a rare, bilingual facing-page edition in both the original Arabic text and a highly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589010043
• ISBN13: 9781589010048
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Sensual, Arabic, Passionate, Wandering

In both arabic and english, al-bayati calls the name of all of middle east history and legend. his love poems are very sensual, especially when read in arabic. but the translations are excellent and I recommend this to all.

Raving Poetic Justice

Love, Death, and Exile is a masterpiece of emotion and passion. The flow of Arabic language transformed into English is fantastic. Not only is the reader captivated by the language and voice of the poems, but one can find an understanding within the words. Among all great books, this book has not recieved the recognization that it deserves.