Morning in Serra Mattu: A Nubian Ode (McSweeney's Poetry Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938073894 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gamal names the natural and familiar, the mythic and folkloric, as a mysterious lyricism rises out of life-and-death matters. But to recall that homeland, the ancestors and the traditions, and to see that long-gone world so clearly and with such affection and serenity, is transcendent. I read this honest and sincere book as a call for hope, a hope we humans need wherever we go.”Maurice ManningAn astonishing book, at once intimate and epic. This book of rituals beckons and interrogates, edging underneath intimate details of the Nubian heart and soil, the beauty and the turmoil, and the journey exposes torn roots of the Sudanese soul. Each poem in Morning in Serra Mattu is an epistle of longing and memory.”Yusef KomunyakaaThis is a moving and
Arif Gamal seamlessly blends large-scale political realities with the local and the traditional: old villages/whose ancient way is so composed/each single blade of grass is known/and in its place.” Epic in scope, spellbinding in its intimacy, generosity, and wisdom, Morning in Serra Mattu is the book we didn’t know we needed.how thrilling it was in the earliest morningto race barefoot down the sandy slopes and duneswith all the bellowing goatsand dogs and sheep and other animalsfor their first morning drinkand to swim in the fresh waters of the flowing riverwhile the thousand upon thousandof high unhindered Nubian stars began to fall awaybefore a tinge of milky line along the hillsuntil light grew from nearly nothingto an immensityfrom Return to Serra Mattu”. A mosaic of interrelated stories exploding with personality, myth, and geohistorical weight, Morning in Serra Mattu is a profound, joyful meditation on life in modern Sudan
This is a set of memories of a part of Bruce Williams This is a set of memories of a part of the world that is now lost. It is not fiction, but told in verse, making it quite thoughtful.