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On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani (Poetry Series)

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On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani (Poetry Series)
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A UNIQUE COLLECTION BY ONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED POETS

In a political age, in which the struggle against external and internal oppression has become central in Arabic poetry, Nizar Qabbani has succeeded in re-establishing the vitality and perennial force of the erotic in human life. Picking up a tradition of Arabic love poetry sixteen centuries old, he has enriched it with the experience of a modern man deeply aware of the changing status of women in contemporary times, and given the most eloquent poetic expression to the imperative of woman's freedom and her right to assume control over her body and emotions.
An accomplished master of the erotic, standing among the best love poets of the world, Qabbani has asserted life and joy in the face of chaos and tragedy, paying fervent homage, sustained over five decades, to woman's grace and loveliness. As such he has been able to bring equilibrium and decorum to poetry in crisis, reviving faith in the possibility of happiness and emotional fulfillment. Yet he is also moved to anger by the forces of evil around him, and the opposing poles of exaltation and rage, of agony and ecstasy, describe his unique experiment. A man of his times and of all times, he is by far the most popular poet in the Arab world.
Country USA
Brand Interlink Books
Manufacturer Interlink Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-06-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781566561938

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