{"product_id":"the-nomads-my-brothers-go-abdourahman-a-waberi-9780857422385","title":"The Nomads, My Brothers, Go Out to Drink from the Big Dipper","description":"Few of us have had the opportunity to visit Djibouti, the small crook of a country strategically located in the Horn of Africa, which makes \u003ci\u003eThe Nomads, My Brothers, Go Out to Drink from the Big Dipper\u003c\/i\u003e all the more seductive. In his first collection of poetry, the critically acclaimed writer Abdourahman A. Waberi writes passionately about his country's landscape, drawing for us pictures of \"desert furrows of fire\" and a \"yellow chameleon sky.\" Waberi's poems take us to unexpected spaces--in exile, in the muezzin's call, and where morning dew is \"sucked up by the eye of the sun--black often, pink from time to time.\"\u003cbr\u003e Translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson, Waberi's voice is intelligent, at times ironic, and always appealing. His poems strongly condemn the civil wars that have plagued East Africa and advocate tolerance and peace. In this compact volume, such ideas live side by side as a rosary for the treasures of Timbuktu, destroyed by Islamic extremists, and a poem dedicated to Edmond Jab s, the Jewish writer and poet born in Cairo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With Waberi, the juxtapositions--surprising, provocative, and original--form a good part of the thrill themselves.\"--\u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdourahman A. Waberi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857422383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857422385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2015","brand":"Abdourahman A. Waberi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071096123647,"sku":"9780857422385","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdf25a0e-23f9-4a85-a3f1-6f9488694f1e.jpg?v=1685434127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nomads-my-brothers-go-abdourahman-a-waberi-9780857422385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}