{"product_id":"exhausted-on-the-cross-najwan-darwish-9781681375526","title":"Exhausted on the Cross","description":"\u003cb\u003eA much-anticipated follow-up to \u003ci\u003eNothing More to Lose\u003c\/i\u003e, this is only the second poetry collection translated into English from a vital voice of Arabic literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We drag histories behind us,\" the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish writes in \u003ci\u003eExhausted on the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, \"here \/ where there's neither land \/ nor sky.\" In pared-down lines, brilliantly translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Darwish records what Ra l Zurita describes as \"something immemorial, almost unspeakable\"--a poetry driven by a \"moral imperative\" to be a \"colossal record of violence and, at the same time, the no less colossal record of compassion.\" Darwish's poems cross histories, cultures, and geographies, taking us from the grime of modern-day Shatila and the opulence of medieval Baghdad to the gardens of Samarkand and the open-air prison of present-day Gaza. We join the Persian poet Hafez in the conquered city of Shiraz and converse with the Prophet Mohammad in Medina. Poem after poem evokes the humor in the face of despair, the hope in the face of nightmare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Najwan Darwish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681375524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681375526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Najwan Darwish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045959659775,"sku":"9781681375526","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf9d3e06-dcdf-4136-a1cf-0b3b681fcee3.jpg?v=1684981791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/exhausted-on-the-cross-najwan-darwish-9781681375526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}