{"product_id":"the-butterflys-burden","title":"The Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMahmoud Darwish was the most acclaimed poet in the Arab world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Butterfly’s Burden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e presents three recent books in a single volume, each translated into English for the first time and presented side by side with the Arabic: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Stranger’s Bed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1998), Darwish’s first collection of love poems; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eState of Siege\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (2002), a terse, politically charged sequence written in Ramallah; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon’t Apologize for What You’ve Done \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(2003), a song “green like the phoenix” after the daily horrors in Ramallah. These poems provide continual contrasts, balancing old literary traditions with new, highlighting lyrical, loving reflections alongside a bitter longing for the Palestine that was lost when Israel was created. Although each work stands alone as a dialogue within and among its poems, one can see the larger conversation Darwish conducts with language, and with self, from one book to another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: 9781556592416\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coper Canon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47902310105418,"sku":"","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/darwish.jpg?v=1712919804","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/the-butterflys-burden","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}