Come, Take a Gentle Stab: Selected Poems/ (Record no. 4936)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 4936 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781803091952 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barakat, Salim |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7141 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Come, Take a Gentle Stab: Selected Poems/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Salim Barakat |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Seagull Books; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 132p; |
| Dimensions | 23x15cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Introduces renowned Kurdish-Syrian writer Salim Barkat to an English audience for the first time, with translated selections from his most acclaimed works of poetry. Although Salim Barakat is one of the most renowned and respected contemporary writers in Arabic letters, he remains virtually unknown in the English-speaking world. This first collection of his poetry in English, representing every stage of his career, remedies that startling omission. Come, Take a Gentle Stab features selections from his most acclaimed works of poetry, including excerpts from his book-length poems, rendered into an English that captures the exultation of language for which he is famous. A Kurdish-Syrian man, Barakat chose to write in Arabic, the language of cultural and political hegemony that has marginalized his people. Like Paul Celan, he mastered the language of the oppressor to such an extent that the course of the language itself has been compelled to bend to his will. Barakat pushes Arabic to a point just beyond its linguistic limits, stretching those limits. He resists coherence, but never destroys it, pulling back before the final blow. What results is a figurative abstraction of struggle, as alive as the struggle itself. And always beneath the surface of this roiling water one can glimpse the deep currents of ancient Kurdish culture. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | PN1010-1525 Poetry |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1039 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fakhreddine , Huda J |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7142 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Iwen, Jayson |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7143 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Language and Literature | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | SB16- Reading rooms- Requested by Natasha Ginwala | PN1010-1525 20.372 | 4936 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |