Here There Was Once a Country
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0932440894 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 116 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | French |
DESCRIPTION:
Lebanese writer Vénus Khoury-Ghata, who lives in France and has won many of France’s major literary prizes, blends French surrealism with Arabic poetry’s communal narrative mode in three stunning poetic sequences. Here brilliantly translated from the French by poet Marilyn Hacker, the English-speaking reader has rare insight into another world, another dimension.
A Wise and Vibrant Universe Jane Augustine Venus Khoury-Ghata has written a beautiful, unusual book of poems, beautifully translated by Marilyn Hacker. Khoury-Ghata is Lebanese, speaking Arabic and French. The two languages seem to form a musical counterpoint that underlies her energized imagery. Her line is simple and declarative, but her imagined universe is enormously vibrant and animate. Wind moves it; water pours through it. Earth, sky, stones, trees, walls are constantly in motion, undergoin
"A searing translation of the poems of a prolific Lebanese writer who has always straddled two cultures, the Arabic and the French. Hacker luminously brings to life Khoury-Ghata's intimate, mysterious, and unique voice."