{"product_id":"river-dies-of-thirst","title":"River Dies of Thirst","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Darwish is the premier poetic voice of the Palestinian people . . . lyrical, imagistic, plaintive, haunting, always passionate, and elegant--and never anything less than free--what he would dream for all his people.\" -- Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Catherine Cobham's translations sway delicately between mystery and clarity, giving a rendition of the master's voice that should impress both those reading Darwish's work for the first time and those who are already familiar with it.\" -- Fady Joudah, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This remarkable collection of poems, meditations, fragments, and journal entries was Mahmoud Darwish's last volume to come out in Arabic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e is at once lyrical and philosophical, questioning and wise--full of irony, resistance, and play. Darwish's musings on unrest and loss dwell on love and humanity; in the pages of \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e, myth and dream are inseparable from truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout this personal collection, Darwish returns frequently to his ongoing (and often lighthearted) conversation with death, warning that \"eternity does not visit graves and loves to joke.\"","brand":"Catherine Cobham, Mahmoud Darwish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46348321161452,"sku":"9780981955711","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780981955711.jpg?v=1744121724","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/river-dies-of-thirst","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}