A Map of Signs and Scents: New and Selected Poems, 1979–2014 (Curbstone) - Softcover

Amjad Nasser (author), Fady Joudah (Translated By) & Khaled Mattawa (Translated By)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810133652 ISBN 13: 9780810133655

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2016

Synopsis

A Map of Signs and Scents is a collection of sixty poems by an acclaimed poet whose life and work span Middle Eastern and Western worlds, centuries past and the vivid present, the sweep of history and the intimacy of love. Born in Jordan in 1955, Amjad Nasser has lived and worked in Beirut, Cyprus, and London. His work reflects a nuanced view of the currents of history along which individual lives play out, putting him in conversation with such poets as C. P. Cavafy, Octavio Paz, and Derek Walcott. And yet, within his peripatetic life, Nasser has produced a corpus of work that, far from evoking the alienation possible in a life of motion, puts him in deep camaraderie with the world. Through fresh translations by the award-winning poets Fady

Joudah and Khaled Mattawa, readers will experience the fascinating evolution of Nasser’s style through his prolific, highly praised career, starting with samples of the rich textures and fertile symbolism of his 1979 debut Praise for Another Café. In selections from subsequent works such as Climbing the Mountain since Gilead, The Strangers Arrive, and Life like a Broken Tale, readers will trace Nasser’s work as it develops into a mature style that, while more precise and direct, confidently encompasses broad horizons.

About this title

About the Author

Amjad Nasser is a leading Jordanian poet, essaysist, and travel memoirist. He has cofounded a number of Arabic publications.

Fady Joudah is a poet, a translator, and a practicing physician of internal medicine. His first poetry collection, The Earth in the Attic, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition in 2007.

Khaled Mattawa is an associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Michigan. He has authored four books of poetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810133652
• ISBN 13: 9780810133655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160