{"product_id":"butterflys-burden","title":"Butterfly's Burden","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Mahmoud Darwish is the Essential Breath of the Palestinian people, the eloquent witness of exile and belonging, exquisitely tuned singer of images that invoke, link, and shine a brilliant light into the world’s whole heart. What he speaks has been embraced by readers around the world—his in an utterly necessary voice, unforgettable once discovered.”—Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMahmoud Darwish is the leading poet in the Arab world, an artist and activist who attracts thousands to his public readings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Butterfly's Burden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem “A State of Siege.” Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Sonnet [V]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI touch you as a lonely violin touches the suburbs of the faraway place.\u003cbr\u003e Patiently the river asks for its share of the drizzle.\u003cbr\u003e And, bit by bit, a tomorrow passing in poems approaches\u003cbr\u003e so I carry faraway’s land and it carries me on the road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMahmoud Darwish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of 30 books of poetry and prose, as well as the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. He has worked as a journalist, was director of the Palestinian Research Center, and lived in exile until his return to Palestine in 1996. He has received many international awards for his poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFady Joudah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a physician based in Houston, Texas. His first book of poems received the Yale Younger Poets prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120292270365,"sku":"9781556592416","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781556592416.jpg?v=1751400992","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/butterflys-burden","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}