Desert sorrows by Taysīr Sabūl and translated by Anthony A, Nesreen Akhtarkhavari

This is poetry from Jordan.

Desert sorrows by Taysīr Sabūl translated by Anthony A, Nesreen Akhtarkhavari is published by Michigan State University Press. This is a Book originally written in Arabic. This was published in 2015.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781611861617E12.

Desert sorrows, by Taysīr Sabūl, is a Arabic poetry collection from Jordan, translated by Anthony A, Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, published by Michigan State University Press in 2015. It is a Jordanian collection whose title names grief plainly, then invites the reader to hear how sorrow changes in the open air of desert image. There is enough factual grounding here to place the book, but the real test is readerly. Does the poem leave an image behind; does it change the room; does it ask the tongue to behave differently for a moment? This collection earns its place because it keeps that possibility open.

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