19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (平装)

分类: 图书,进口原版书,Children's Books(儿童图书),Literature(文学),Poetry,
品牌: Naomi Shihab Nye
基本信息出版社:HARPER COLLINS (2005年3月1日)平装:160页正文语种:英语ISBN:0060504048条形码:9780060504045产品尺寸及重量:18.4 x 12.6 x 1.1 cm ; 118 gASIN:0060504048
商品描述内容简介"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.Maybe they have something to tell us.Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.媒体推荐This National Book Award finalist features a stunning collection of poems about the Middle East, family, peace, and what it means to be Arab-American.