04184nam 2201033 a 450 991081743920332120230803030043.00-520-95459-910.1525/9780520954595(CKB)2670000000358001(EBL)1186486(OCoLC)842881980(MiAaPQ)EBC1186486(DE-B1597)520961(DE-B1597)9780520954595(Au-PeEL)EBL1186486(CaPaEBR)ebr10698362(CaONFJC)MIL487041(EXLCZ)99267000000035800120150303d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMemory for forgetfulness[electronic resource] August, Beirut, 1982 /Mahmoud Darwish ; translated, with an introduction by Ibrahim MuhawiBerkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20131 online resource (xi, 182 pages)Literature of the Middle EastDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-27304-4 Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Foreword --Introduction --Memory for Forgetfulness --Chapter IOne 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 of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage. Ibrahim Muhawi's translation beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity. Sinan Antoon's foreword, written expressly for this edition, sets Darwish's work in the context of changes in the Middle East in the past thirty years.Literature of the Middle East.POETRY / GeneralbisacshLebanonHistoryIsraeli intervention, 1982-1985Personal narratives, PalestinianBeirut (Lebanon)History1982 israeli invasion.arabic literature.bitter rivals.conflict.engaging.fate.good vs evil.hardship.heroism.historical dimensions.historical.history.homeland.hostilities.human struggles.intense.invasion.lebanon.life lessons.literature.men at war.middle east history.palestine.poems.poetry collection.poetry.political.politics.power struggle.prominent poets.prose poems.resistance.revolutionaries.shelling of beirut.spiritual.tragic.violence.war ravaged streets.war.warriors.world politics.POETRY / General.956.9204/4Darwīsh Maḥmūd1684239Muhawi Ibrahim1937-1230736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817439203321Memory for forgetfulness4055624UNINA