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Let Me Tell You What I Saw — Extracts from Uruk's Anthem
Let Me Tell You What I Saw — Extracts from Uruk's Anthem
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Dyma'r gyfrol ddwyieithog gyntaf i'w chyhoeddi yn Saesneg ac Arabeg, yn cynnwys detholiadau sylweddol o gerdd epig Adnan al-Sayegh - 'Uruk's Anthem'. Dyma un o'r cerddi hwyaf erioed mewn llenyddiaeth Arabeg (550 o dudalennau) sy'n rhoi llais i anobaith dwfn y profiad o fod yn un rhan o'r genedl Iracaidd.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
‘Let Me Tell You What I Saw' is the first ever publication as a dual-language (English / Arabic) text of substantial extracts from Adnan al-Sayegh's ground-breaking epic poem, 'Uruk's Anthem', one of the longest poems ever written in Arabic literature (550 pages) which gives voice to the profound despair of the Iraqi experience.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781726020
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781726020
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Let Me Tell You What I Saw — Extracts from Uruk's Anthem
- Sub Title
- Extracts from Uruk's Anthem
- Awdur / Author
- Al-Sayegh, Adnan
- Current Price ex VAT
- £12.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £12.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2020-11-24
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Translator
- Lewis, Jenny; Abughaida, Ruba
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 206 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Barddoniaeth (yn Saesneg) | EN: Poetry (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Beirdd Unigol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Individual Poets (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Adnan Al-Sayegh is an Iraqi poet-in-exile renowned for his epic, 'Uruk’s Anthem', inspired by myth and the troubled history of Iraq in his lifetime. It is a passionate denunciation of war and violence. Jenny Lewis is a poet, playwright, translator and songwriter who teaches poetry at Oxford University. Ruba is a writer of fiction and poetry. She has recently completed an MSt. in creative writing at Cambridge University.
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