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Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems by Mahmoud Darwish
4.0
"Lanterns, but not for us, to see our love waiting in the smoke. An express train to cross the lakes. In every pocket, keys to a house and a family photograph."
This book stands reason for the fact that we shouldn't judge authors based on Pinterest quotes. Darwish for the longest time has been on my TBR. I knew that his talents wouldn't be limited to the two lines love poems that I see on the internet. And boy, was I in for a pleasant surprise.
Darwish doesn't write only about love, yes he talks about love, he talks about love for his land, love for his language, love for his friends, love for myths, love as freedom, love as captivity, and love as the destination. Darwish is haunting and brilliant.
I do think that this book suffers from being a 'selected poems' book. Because some of these poems were breathtaking while others were good.
Anyways, read Darwish.
This book stands reason for the fact that we shouldn't judge authors based on Pinterest quotes. Darwish for the longest time has been on my TBR. I knew that his talents wouldn't be limited to the two lines love poems that I see on the internet. And boy, was I in for a pleasant surprise.
Darwish doesn't write only about love, yes he talks about love, he talks about love for his land, love for his language, love for his friends, love for myths, love as freedom, love as captivity, and love as the destination. Darwish is haunting and brilliant.
I do think that this book suffers from being a 'selected poems' book. Because some of these poems were breathtaking while others were good.
Anyways, read Darwish.