{"product_id":"9781555974879","title":"Nettles : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNettles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Vénus Khoury-Ghata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new collection by the Lebanese poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata, the author of She Says, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eit could only have been elsewhere\u003cbr\u003ethe sun's anger overturned the country\u003cbr\u003emen who came from the wounded side of the river knocked\u003cbr\u003eon our borders\u003cbr\u003eI say men so as not to say locusts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e                                          —from \"Nettles\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNettles\u003c\/i\u003e, Vénus Khoury-Ghata brings her impulses for lyric poetry and for stark narrative together into four enchanting sequences. Each confronts the realities of womanhood, immigration, and cultural conflict with an imagination and history born from both the Arabic and French languages. Masterfully translated by\u003cbr\u003eMarilyn Hacker, \u003ci\u003eNettles \u003c\/i\u003egives American readers this utterly original, indispensable poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Hacker opens for English-language readers a veritable 'suitcase filled  with alphabets'--the perfectly blended French and Arabic imagination of  Lebanese native and French emigrée writer Vénus Khoury-Ghata, who evokes  in sinuous lines and multivalent imagery the richness of her  experiences of a multi-ethnic traditional culture.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Women's Review of Books on She Says\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555974879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594004869326,"sku":"9781555974879","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fa7f660c-b56b-4caa-8de1-5286ac5162ac.jpg?v=1637798570","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555974879","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}