In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country

by Adnan, Etel

• ISBN13: 9780872864467
• ISBN10: 0872864464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: City Lights Books

Summary

A mosaic of lyrical vignettes, at once deeply personal and political, set against the turbulent backdrop of Arab/Western relations. Adnan writes, "Contrary to what is usually believed, it is not general ideas and grandiose unfolding of great events that impress the mind during times of heightened historic upheavals, but rather the uninterrupted flow of little experiences, observations, disturbances, small ecstasies, or barely perceptible discouragements that make up day-to-day living." Etel Adnan, a Lebanese American poet, painter, and essayist, lives in Paris, Beirut, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Among her books, the novel Sitt Marie Rose is considered a classic of Middle Eastern literature. She has been a powerful voice for compassion and empowerment in feminist and antiwar movements.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country	p. 1
Twenty-five Years Later	p. 21
Further On	p. 39
At Both Ends	p. 55
Present Time	p. 67
Time, Desire, and Fog	p. 83
To Be in a Time of War	p. 99
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