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Prose poetry · 1986

Memory for Forgetfulness

Mahmoud Darwish

Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy

Prose poetry · 1986 · Palestinian · Contemporary

Memory for Forgetfulness

Mahmoud Darwish

Beirut, August 1982, and the making of a cup of coffee under bombardment.

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Darwish keeps the domestic detail in focus while history detonates behind it — the definitive lesson in how not to write a slogan.

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