Reviews

The Pages of Day and Night by Adonis, Samuel Hazo

belwau's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

blindferret's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

read it with a friend and they finished it in the first night biggest humiliation of my career but it’s worth it

fluorescent's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

3.5

sookieskipper's review

4.0

Some of my favorite lines:

Listen!
I'm calling you to recognize my voice
-- The Messenger

Leave me alone.
A light has always
led me home.
-- In the forest

The pitying stars ignite
and days forget themselves
in my bed
-- The pages of day and night

We scream.
We dream of weeping,
but tears refuse our eyes.
We twist our necks
in zero hurricanes.
-- Elegy for the time at hand

Shall I say now: "I am not myself."
Shall I say: "I have created ashes."
-- Gilgamesh

Every poem in this collection is quotable. Almost all of them are tinged with a bit of melancholy and longing. There are moments of absolute silence and then there are screams of despair echoing from the empty streets. This collection is structurally beautiful.