At once an intimate autobiography and a collective memory of the Palestinian people, Darwish’s intertwined poems are collective cries, songs, and glimpses of the human condition. Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? is a poetry of myth and history, of exile and suspended time, of an identity bound to his displaced people and to the rich Arabic language. Darwish’s poems – specific and symbolic, simple and profound – are historical glimpses, existential queries, chants of pain and injustice of a people separated from their land.
- ISBN10 1780943415
- ISBN13 9781780943411
- Publish Date 25 July 2014 (first published 1 February 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Hesperus Press Ltd
- Format eBook
- Language English