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Loss Sings

The Cahier Series 32

ISBN-13: 9781909631274

Author(s): James Montgomery

Subjects: FA, FBA

Publisher: Sylph Editions

Publisher Imprint: Sylph Editions

Publication Date: 15-01-2019

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£14.00
Loss Sings

About the book

The seventh century poet Tumadir, known as al-Khansa' (a sobriquet that means 'the Snub-nosed Gazelle doe'), survived both her brothers. Her poetic output consists of dirges for her dead brothers. James Montgomery weaves a cahier around his translations from Arabic of a number of these dirges, interspersing observations on several other explorations of death and loss.