A review by rosepoints
In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish

5.0

i think this is my favorite out of all of darwish’s works that i’ve read to date. i’ve always been more of a prose girlie than a poetry girlie, but this is impeccable. it felt almost musical to read, and as always, laden with so many references and symbols. i almost certainly missed out on a good number of them, but the ones that i did notice really added to the narrative. i so desperately wish i was able to read this in the original arabic but the translated version was still gorgeously impactful.