{"product_id":"love-death-and-exile","title":"Love, Death, and Exile","description":"Called \"a major innovator in his art form\" by \"The New York Times\", Baghdad-born poet Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process. \"Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic\" is a rare, bilingual facing-page edition in both the original Arabic text and a highly praised English translation by Bassam K. Frangieh, containing selections from eight of Al-Bayati's books of poetry. Forced to spend much of his life in exile from his native Iraq, Al-Bayati created poetry that is not only revolutionary and political, but also steeped in mysticism and allusion, moving and full of longing. This collection is a superb introduction to Al-Bayati, Arabic language, and Arabic literature and culture as well. On Al-Bayati's death in 1999, \"The New York Times\" obituary quoted him as saying once that his many years of absence from his homeland had been a \"tormenting experience\" that had great impact on his poetry. \"I always dream at night that I am in Iraq and hear its heart beating and smell its fragrance carried by the wind, especially after midnight when it's quiet\".","brand":"Georgetown University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232082317656,"sku":"9781589010048","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781589010048.jpg?v=1764939647","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/love-death-and-exile","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}