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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!
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!