{"product_id":"love-death-and-exile-poems-translated-from-arabic-9781589010048","title":"Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bassam K. Frangieh | Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle Eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeTextbooks are now available through VitalSource.com!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"a major innovator in his art form\" by The New York Times, Baghdad-born poet Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic is a rare, bilingual facing-page edition in both the original Arabic text and a highly praised English translation by Bassam K. Frangieh, containing selections from eight of Al-Bayati's books of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForced to spend much of his life in exile from his native Iraq, Al-Bayati created poetry that is not only revolutionary and political, but also steeped in mysticism and allusion, moving and full of longing. This collection is a superb introduction to Al-Bayati, Arabic language, and Arabic literature and culture as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Al-Bayati's death in 1999, The New York Times obituary quoted him as saying once that his many years of absence from his homeland had been a \"tormenting experience\" that had great impact on his poetry. \"I always dream at night that I am in Iraq and hear its heart beating and smell its fragrance carried by the wind, especially after midnight when it's quiet.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47588971315351,"sku":"9781589010048","price":3105.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781589010048.webp?v=1774968566","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/love-death-and-exile-poems-translated-from-arabic-9781589010048","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}