Review (PDF) Diary Of A Wave Outside The Sea (New Directions Paperbook)
An impressionistic memoir by the award-winning Iraqi-American writer, Dunya Mikhail, Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea covers her earliest sensations of childhood to a more complicated grasp of death, beginning with the death of her father to the Gulf War and the subsequent Iraqi War. Mikhail writes: “Death always looks for us. It comes from beyond the continents. It crosses long distances holding a basket of fire in its hand.” The two halves of Mikhail's book merge past and present in a lyrical memoir that moves between memories of her childhood, her father's death, her Iraqi poet-peers and friends, her job as a journalist for the Baghdad Observer, and culminates with the birth of her daughter Larsa. 5 b&w illustrations
Series: New Directions Paperbook
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: New Directions; Bilingual edition (May 5, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811218317
ISBN-13: 978-0811218313
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Best Sellers Rank: #723,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #188 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > Middle Eastern #232 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Middle Eastern #3335 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > United States
Very moving comtemporary Iraqi poetry (in English and Arabic) about life in war-torn Iraq and the transition to living in the United States.The author is female. The English translation keeps the flavor of the beautiful Arabic language.
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