Dusting the Colour from Roses: Bilingual Collection of Arabic Poetry - Softcover

Algosaibi, Ghazi A.

 
9781873395011: Dusting the Colour from Roses: Bilingual Collection of Arabic Poetry

Synopsis

A bilingual (Arabic and English, printed on facing pages) collection of poems on the themes of love, death, the passage of time and the passing of the seasons. The voice in the poems draws on a wealth of traditions, including the classical, the chivalric, the neo-classical and the modernist.

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About the Authors

Ghazi Algosaibi is well known in the Arab world as a writer of both poetry and prose. Something of a Renaissance figure, his career has spanned academia, politics and the arena of diplomacy, as well as the world of letters. He has published over twenty works in Arabic, including poetry, essays, prose meditations and a novel. Dusting the Colour from Roses is his fourth book to be published in English.


Something of a Renaissance figure, Ghazi Algosaibi's career has spanned academia, politics and the arena of diplomacy, as well as the world of letters. He has published over twenty works in Arabic, including poetry, essays, prose meditations and a novel. Dusting the Colour from Roses is his fourth book to be published in English.

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ISBN 10:  1873395353 ISBN 13:  9781873395356
Publisher: Saqi Books, 1995
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