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Buch (Softcover): Belletristik
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
Poems from Gaza
Verlag:
Ingram Publishers Services Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 3Y3LZDE
EAN: 9780872868601
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Di, 03.11.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 27.25
Beschreibung
"In this poetry debut, the first collection from any Gazan poet to be published in English, Mosab Abu Toha writes directly from the experience of growing up and living one's entire life in Gaza, the world's largest open-air prison camp. These poems emerge from Mosab's life under siege, first as a child, and then as a young father. A survivor of four brutal military attacks, he bears witness to a grinding cycle of destruction and assault, and yet, his poetry is infused with a profoundly universal humanity. In direct, vivid language, Abu Toha writes about being unwelcome in your own land, and even outside of it. He writes about being wounded by shrapnel at the age of 16, and then, a few years later, watching his home and his university get hit by Israeli warplanes in an attack that killed two of his close friends. Books are buried in rubble and electricity is often limited to 2 hours a day, and yet, families continue traditions, students attend university, and libraries rise from the ruins. These poems are filled with bombs and the ever-present menace of surveillance drones, as well as the smell of tea and roses in bloom, and the view of the sea at sunset. They present an almost surrealist/absurd viewpoint, based in a sense of rational and profound perplexity as to why these conditions continue, and how the people of Gaza go about their lives, even creating beauty as they find new ways to survive"-
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Mosab Abu Toha
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2022
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 144