{"product_id":"the-butterflys-burden-mahmoud-darwish-9781556592416","title":"The Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world's whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world--his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.\"--Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem \"A State of Siege.\" Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003e Patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003e And, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003e so I carry faraway's land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/b\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahmoud Darwish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556592418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Mahmoud Darwish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233362530559,"sku":"9781556592416","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f04fa8a9-c4d4-4b86-8a29-fb61b90cabc4.jpg?v=1728992800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-butterflys-burden-mahmoud-darwish-9781556592416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}