{"product_id":"9781942683391","title":"Lighthouse for the Drowning","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented bilingually, this first US publication of Jawdat Fakhreddine—one of the major Lebanese names in modern Arabic poetry—establishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the Arabic tradition. Fakhreddine’s unique voice is a breakthrough for the poetic language of his generation—an approach that presents poetry as a beacon, a lighthouse that both opposes and penetrates all forms of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eStars:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eStars of ours\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethat did not shine in the shroud of night,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebut we took joy in them\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewhen the night was a gloom all around us.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTo our children, we write:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe are not your lighthouse.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDo not follow the path we light,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ebut be your own secrets.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJawdat Fakhreddine\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1953 in a small village in southern Lebanon. A professor of Arabic literature at the Lebanese University in Beirut, he is one of the major Lebanese names in Modern Arabic Poetry, and is considered one of the second generation poets of the modernist movement in the Arab world. He earned an MA in Physics and taught at the high school level for more than 10 years. During this time he published a number of poetry collections and was encouraged by Adonis to work on a PhD in Arabic literature. Fakhreddine intermittently publishes articles and new poems in \u003ci\u003eal-Hayat\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, which is an Arab newspaper published in London and distributed worldwide, and in \u003ci\u003eas-Safir\u003c\/i\u003e , one of the two major Lebanese Newspapers. He writes a weekly article in \u003ci\u003eal-Khaleej\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper, a widely distributed gulf daily newspaper. He currently lives in Beirut, Lebanon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039917981936,"sku":"9781942683391","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942683391_p0.jpg?v=1763757377","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942683391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}