In the Presence of Absence, Mahmoud Darwish Time Travel Medium: Zine

Medium: Zine

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About the Book: Long out of print

本书是女性主义者乔安娜·拉斯的著名文论，她在书中模仿文学评论中的惯用论调，以反讽的方式写了一份“抑止女性写作指南”，以此尖锐地指出和批评那些施加在女性作者身上，阻止、贬低和无视女性写作的社会阻力。同时，这又是一部主流视野之外的文学史，它重新搜罗了那些被认为不值得了解的作品，并对那些文学史上鼎鼎大名的作者指名道姓：狄更斯、海明威、伍尔夫、桑塔格、勃朗特姐妹——有人曾贬抑女性写作，有人是被贬抑者，而有人两者皆是。

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In the Presence of Absence, Mahmoud Darwish Time Travel Medium: ZineOne of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization. In stunning language, Darwishs self elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death,