The town I never told you about : poems, 2022-2024 /

A haunting, lyrical meditation on memory, loss and homeland, with the poems threading together the personal and the collective in a Palestine shaped by conflict and beauty. The Town I Never Told You About gathers poems written by celebrated Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan between 2022 and 2024, at a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zaqṭān, Ghassān (Author)
Other Authors: Moger, Robin (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Arabic.
Published: London ; New York : Seagull Books, [2026].
Series:Arab list.

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