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Dunya Mikhail Tablets (Paperback). Author: Dunya Mikhail. Each of the ten sections in her book is composed of twenty-four short poems, and each poem combines both text and drawing. In her note to the collection, Mikhail writes, 'I practiced at least two layers of translation in these tablets: the first from words in one language, Arabic, to another, English; and the second from words to images. Further DetailsTitle: Tablets Condition: New Subtitle: Secrets of the Clay Author: Dunya Mikhail Format: Paperback EAN: 9781800174399 ISBN: 9781800174399 Publisher: Carcanet Poetry Genre: Poetry & Drama Release Date: 09/26/2024 Description: 'A bullet / then a siren / then ruins / then a bird song telling the truth' — Dunya MikhailIn her marvellous new poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of the Clay , Dunya Mikhail transforms the world's first symbols – Sumerian glyphs that were carved into clay tablets – into the matter of our everyday contemporary life. Each of the ten sections in her book is composed of twenty-four short poems, and each poem combines both text and drawing. In her note to the collection, Mikhail writes, 'I practiced at least two layers of translation in these tablets: the first from words in one language, Arabic, to another, English; and the second from words to images. What I received from my ancestors are offerings of the future rather than of the past. Now it's my turn to offer them to you.' Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 135mm Release Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
