{"product_id":"9781556592416","title":"The Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world’s whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world—his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.”—Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/i\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem “A State of Siege.” Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003e Patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003e And, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003e so I carry faraway’s land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/b\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mahmoud Darwish","offers":[{"title":"Copper Canyon Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2007-01-11","offer_id":46818312192255,"sku":"9781556592416","price":35.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1a565aab-3e7b-44a4-b152-ba86ff5f09fb.jpg?v=1745776208","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781556592416","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}