Memory for Forgetfulness

Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982

by Darwish, Mahmud

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One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into person…

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  • Full title :Memory for Forgetfulness : August, Beirut, 1982.

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One of the Arab world's greatest poets uses the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut as the setting for this sequence of prose poems. Mahmoud Darwish vividly recreates the sights and sounds of a city under terrible siege. As fighter jets scream overhead, he explores the war-ravaged streets of Beirut on August 6th (Hiroshima Day). Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time.

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  • Publication Date:2013.

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  • Description:1 online resource

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  • ISBN:1299557910, 9781299557918, 9780520954595, 0520954599, 0520273044, 9780520273047
  • oclc:ocn842881980
  • LC Classification:PJ7694
  • Dewey Decimal:892.716

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Memory for Forgetfulness.

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Beirut (Lebanon) -- History Darwīsh, Maḥmūd History Lebanon Lebanon -- Beirut Lebanon -- History -- Israeli intervent… Personal narratives -- Palestinian Poésie Poetry POETRY -- General

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Darwish, Mahmud

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