Songs of Mihyar the Damascene by Adonis

Songs of Mihyar the Damascene

Adonis with Ivan Eubanks (Translator), Kareem James Abu-Zeid (Translator)

224 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
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The name "Mihyar" has no inherent meaning in Arabic, though its root letters mean "to destroy, topple, demolish." Mihyar is Adonis's poetic alter ego, his Zarathustra figure (in his own words), who has come to smash through any monolithic vision o...

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