In the Presence of Absence Monica de la Torre ‘Bezette Stad was een vergif

‘Bezette Stad was een vergif

whose exercises in annihilation and complicity still impact public life today

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Heel de wereld wordt wakker is een ultiem naslagwerk van moderne kinderpoëzie die het kind centraal stelt

Simone Atangana Bekono

In the Presence of Absence Monica de la Torre ‘Bezette Stad was een vergifMahmoud Darwish (trans. Sinan Antoon) One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization. In stunning language, Darwish's self elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each