Skip to Content
Maqam Books
About
About
Story
Shop
Books
Not Books
0
0
Maqam Books
About
About
Story
Shop
Books
Not Books
0
0
Folder: About
Back
About
Story
Folder: Shop
Back
Books
Not Books
Books In the Presence of Absence - Mahmoud Darwish
In+the+Presence+of+Absence.jpg Image 1 of
In+the+Presence+of+Absence.jpg
In+the+Presence+of+Absence.jpg

In the Presence of Absence - Mahmoud Darwish

£13.99
Sold Out

One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization.

In stunning language, Darwish’s self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of im/mortality, the poet looks back at his own existence, intertwined with that of his people.

Through these lyrical meditations on love, longing, Palestine, history, friendship, family, and the ongoing conversation between life and death, the poet bids himself and his readers a poignant farewell.

Add To Cart

One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization.

In stunning language, Darwish’s self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of im/mortality, the poet looks back at his own existence, intertwined with that of his people.

Through these lyrical meditations on love, longing, Palestine, history, friendship, family, and the ongoing conversation between life and death, the poet bids himself and his readers a poignant farewell.

One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization.

In stunning language, Darwish’s self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of im/mortality, the poet looks back at his own existence, intertwined with that of his people.

Through these lyrical meditations on love, longing, Palestine, history, friendship, family, and the ongoing conversation between life and death, the poet bids himself and his readers a poignant farewell.

You Might Also Like

The Wild Fox of Yemen - Threa Almontaser
The Wild Fox of Yemen - Threa Almontaser
£10.99
Sold Out
Cover.png Cover.png Cover.png Cover.png
A Million Kites: Testimonies and Poems from the Children of Gaza
£12.00
A River Dies of Thirst - Mahmoud Darwish
A River Dies of Thirst - Mahmoud Darwish
£14.00
Rumi+%28Unseen+poems%29.jpg
Rumi (Unseen poems) - Rumi
£12.00
The+Master%27s+Tools+Will+Never+Dismantle+the+Master%27s+House.jpg
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House - Audre Lorde
£3.00

Get updates

Find out about new stock, curated reading lists and where we popping up next.

Thank you!