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- The Blueness of the Evening: Selected Poems of Hassan Najmi
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- 2018
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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This selection of Hassan Najmi’s poems, translated by Mbarek Sryfi and Eric Sellin, provides an excellent introduction to the work of one of Morocco’s foremost poets and to a school of modern verse emerging in the Arab World. Scenes of late night cityscapes, lonely interiors, awe-inspiring desert wastes, and seaside vistas are found within the exquisitely subtle lyric moods and nuances of Najmi’s ars poetica, providing insight into the geographical, political, and linguistic ferment that have made Morocco an exciting hub of creative activity in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 13-14
- I. From A Small Life
- The Translator
- p. 4
- Café Ibn Battuta
- p. 7
- Point of View
- p. 8
- A Little Woman
- p. 11
- The Four Seasons
- p. 12
- Corrections
- p. 14
- The Letters of Death
- p. 15
- The Musician
- p. 17
- The Movie Critic
- p. 18
- Together . . .
- pp. 19-20
- II. From The Bathers
- The Desert
- pp. 23-28
- III. From Seclusion
- Condolences (I)
- p. 31
- Condolences (II)
- p. 32
- Message in a Bottle
- p. 36
- A Small Place
- p. 42
- The Station Square
- p. 48
- The Empty Chair
- p. 50
- IV. Umber Winds
- Umber Winds
- pp. 53-64
- V. From A Hurt like Love
- A Man Contemplating His Life
- pp. 69-70
- Voices in the City
- pp. 71-72
- The Violins
- p. 73
- The Rain in the Poem
- p. 74
- A Room in Rome
- p. 78
- In the Darkened Room
- p. 80
- The Dead Man
- p. 82
- The Poet (II)
- p. 83
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610756273
Related ISBN(s)
9781682260500
MARC Record
OCLC
1010494538
Pages
70
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-03
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018