A review by drewsof
Lean Against This Late Hour by Garous Abdolmalekian

5.0

5+ out of 5.
Absolutely ravishing. Abdolmalekian, as translated by geniuses Ahmad Nadalizadeh and Idra Novey, is an astounding chronicler of life in war, of life at all. There's humor, a mischief even at times, but also such beauty and pathos and pain and honesty. Good lord, I loved this; so many of these poems took my breath away.
The poems are presented with the original Arabic on the left, which adds a beautiful level of understanding about each of them -- something I hope Penguin Poets will do more often with their translations!