Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 by Mahmoud Darwish, Ibrahim Muhawi

Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982

Mahmoud Darwish, Ibrahim Muhawi

182 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective fast-paced

Description

One of the Arab world's greatest living 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 si...

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Community Reviews Summary of 23 reviews

Moods

emotional 71%
reflective 71%
challenging 57%
dark 57%
sad 28%
informative 14%
tense 14%

Pace

slow 71%
medium 28%

Average rating

3.89

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