The Blue Light - (Arab List) by Hussein Barghouthi (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- The Blue Light is an autobiographical novel in chapters and vignettes that travels through memory, time, and language.
- About the Author: Hussein Barghouthi (1954-2002) was a Palestinian poet, writer, philosopher, and professor from the village of Kobar in Ramallah.
- 168 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, General
- Series Name: Arab List
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Book Synopsis
The Blue Light is an autobiographical novel in chapters and vignettes that travels through memory, time, and language. Hussein Bargouthi tells his story with Bari, a Turkish American Sufi, during Bargouthi's years as a graduate student at the University of Washington in the late 1980s. The Blue Light has several beginnings and many returns--from Beirut's traumatic sea to musings on color and identity, from Buddhist paths to Rajneesh disciples, from military rule to colonial insanity, from drug addiction to sacred rock. Written and lived between Arabic and English, this is a unique book whose depth is as clear as its surface. It will tempt you to dismiss it as it compels you to devour it for illumination. Merging memoir with fiction, and the hallowed with the profane, The Blue Light is a meditation on and liberation from madness--a brilliant, inimitable literary achievement.Review Quotes
"The Blue Light is philosophically capacious: Barghouthi explores spirituality and sociality, as well as knowledge, creativity, and writing."-- "Full Stop"
About the Author
Hussein Barghouthi (1954-2002) was a Palestinian poet, writer, philosopher, and professor from the village of Kobar in Ramallah. Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American physician, poet, and translator. He is the author of The Earth in the Attic.Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 6.3 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 168
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: General
Series Title: Arab List
Publisher: Seagull Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Hussein Barghouthi
Language: English
Street Date: March 6, 2023
TCIN: 1006098955
UPC: 9781803090832
Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-3262
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.1 inches length x 6.3 inches width x 8.7 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.75 pounds
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