Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (Literature of the Middle East)
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Title:
Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (Literature of the Middle East)
Author:
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ISBN:
0520087682
ISBN13:
978-0520087682
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1876 kb
Size epub:
1301 kb
Publisher:
University of California Press; First Edition edition (March 20, 1995)
Language:
English
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Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)? In raising these questions, Darwish implicitly connects writing, homeland, meaning, and resistance in an ironic, condensed work that combines wit with rage.
Ibrahim Muhawi's translation beautifully renders Darwish's testament to the heroism of a people under siege, and to Palestinian creativity and continuity.