20 JUNE,
World
Refugee Day!!!
To mark this day,
AO Publications reminds readers of the iconic collection by the award-winning Syros-born poet Nouri Al Jarrah:
“A Boat to Lesbos and Other Poems – An Elegy for the Daughters of the (Great) Bear”,
with an outstanding translation from Arabic
by PERSA KOUMOUTSI,
and with front and back cover artwork
by the renowned painter
VANGELIS TZERMIAS.
From the introductory text by the poet PAULOS PEZAROS:
“An elegy for the Syrian tragedy and the drowned children on the shores of Turkey and Lesbos.” Tenderness, nostalgia and melancholy,
elements that characterise Arabic poetry, permeate the verses of all the poems in the collection. With constant references to Damascus, the poet continually draws on memory to keep alive the umbilical cord connecting the refugees to their homeland. The author, Persa Koumoutsi, has already established herself as the most significant translator of our time, rendering into our language, directly from Arabic, great works of Arabic literature, primarily Egyptian. With her characteristic translational skill, she now introduces us, in flowing prose, to yet another great Arab poet from Syria. After all, the very experience of being a refugee, as the central theme of the collection, remains highly topical, indelibly marking the fate of ordinary people everywhere, in the course of relentless history.”
This poetic book, with its distinctive aesthetic, continues to be available in well-stocked bookshops, ‘carefully produced’
in terms of layout and typography
by AO Publications
(tel. 6932616019 for orders).
Central distribution throughout Greece is handled by the following bookshops: (by telephone and online)☎️💻
TSIGARIDAS BOOKS, 1 Mavrokordatos Street, Athens City Centre, 106 78, tel.: 212-2224400 for orders.
SIMOS – “En Athinais” bookshop,
Em. Benaki Street and 9 Mavrokordatos Street, Athens City Centre,
Tel.: 210-3830491 for orders,
and TZANAKAKIS – “Par’ Imin” bookshop,
11A Char. Trikoupi, Athens City Centre, Tel.: 210-3824607.
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📖 AO Publications – Editor: Petros Michalis
Petros Michalis
Tel. 6932616019
📫Email: [email protected]
🌐Website: www.aomegaekdoseis.gr Less
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