{"product_id":"9781555973834","title":"She Says","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning American poet Marilyn Hacker offers the brilliance of Lebanese poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata in an exquisite translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe says\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe earth is so vast one can't help but be lost like water from a broken jug\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is no fortress against the wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe winter wanderer must count on the compassion of walls\u003c\/i\u003e-from \"She Says\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by celebrated American poet Marilyn Hacker, Vénus Khoury-Ghata's \u003ci\u003eShe Says \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the mythic and confessional attractions and repulsions of the French and Arabic imaginations with poems that open like \"a suitcase filled with alphabets.\" Sex, barrenness, grief, and death-the backdrop of a war-ravaged country-are always at the edges, made increasingly urgent by lines often jagged and spare, their music unhaltered. Khoury-Ghata is a vital voice in both her native and adopted languages and we are pleased to present this important collection in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054936670448,"sku":"9781555973834","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555973834_p0.jpg?v=1763753688","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555973834","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}