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A brilliant new translation of the landmark poetry collection by “the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity” (Edward Said)

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"Adonis’s language casts a liturgical spell." -- Robyn Creswell - The New Yorker
"Poetry for Adonis is not merely a genre or an art form but a way of thinking, something almost like mystical revelation." -- Charles McGrath - The New York Times

Songs of Mihyar the Damascene

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    A Paperback / softback by Adonis, Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Ivan Eubanks

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: 06/04/2019
      ISBN13: 9780811227650, 978-0811227650
      ISBN10: 0811227650

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A brilliant new translation of the landmark poetry collection by “the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity” (Edward Said)

      Trade Review
      "Adonis’s language casts a liturgical spell." -- Robyn Creswell - The New Yorker
      "Poetry for Adonis is not merely a genre or an art form but a way of thinking, something almost like mystical revelation." -- Charles McGrath - The New York Times

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