{"product_id":"9781556592454","title":"So What","description":"Author: Taha Muhammad Ali\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556592454\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Dec 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taha Muhammad Ali speaks with an emotional forthrightness. . . . He has developed a style that seems both ancient and new, deceptively simple and movingly direct.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaha Muhammad Ali is a revered Palestinian poet whose work is driven by vivid imagination, disarming humor, and unflinching honesty. As a boy he was exiled from his hometown, but rather than turning to a protest poetry of black-and-white slogans to convey this loss, he has created art of the highest order. His poems portray experiences that range from catastrophe to splendor, each preserving an essential human dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeither music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efame nor wealth,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enot even poetry itself,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecould provide consolation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efor life's brevity,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eor the fact that\u003c\/i\u003e King Lear\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis a mere eighty pages long, and comes to an end,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand for the thought that one might suffer greatly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eon account of a rebellious child.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo What\u003c\/i\u003e will include Arabic \u003ci\u003een face\u003c\/i\u003e and introductions by co-translators Gabriel Levin and Peter Cole. Muhammad Ali will be one of the international poets featured at the 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival, and he will embark on a reading tour of the United States in the fall of 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920581247134,"sku":"ING-9781556592454","price":33.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781556592454.jpg?v=1782824812","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781556592454","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}