Petra: The Concealed Rose
by:
Fady Joudah (author)
Amjad Nasser (author)
Amjad Nasser's masterful syncopated lyrical prose brings to life the once-lost city of Petra, unknown to the Western world until 1812 when it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Fady Joudah provides a powerful translation of this contemporary Jordanian epic, which doubles...
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Amjad Nasser's masterful syncopated lyrical prose brings to life the once-lost city of Petra, unknown to the Western world until 1812 when it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Fady Joudah provides a powerful translation of this contemporary Jordanian epic, which doubles as travel guide to one of the world's wonders. In Petra: the Concealed Rose,
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781935635406 (1935635409)
Publisher: Tavern Books
Pages no: 25
Edition language: English
What I presume to be a good translation (since I don't speak or read Arabic) of an amazing poem that successfully plays with structure.
56 years ago
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