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If I Were Another : Poems by Mahmoud Darwish is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for TranslationMahmoud Darwish was that rare literary phenomenon: a poet both acclaimed by critics as one of the most important poets in the Arab world and beloved by his readers. His language—lyrical and tender—helped to transform modern Arabic poetry into a living metaphor for the universal experiences of exile, loss, and identity. The poems in this collection, constructed from the cadence and imagery of the Palestinian struggle, shiftbetween the most intimate individual experience and the burdens of history and collective memory. Brilliantly translated by Fady Joudah, If I Were Another—which collects the greatest epic works of Darwish's mature years—is a powerful yet elegant work by a master poet and demonstrates why Darwish was one of the most celebrated poets of his time and was hailed as the voice and conscience of an entire people.

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Author

Mahmoud Darwish

Publisher

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374174293

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry

Rating

4.44 / 5 (68 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13