{"product_id":"the-theory-of-absence-paperback","title":"The Theory of Absence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDunya Mikhail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e is a chapbook of poetry by Dunya Mikhail presented in Arabic, English, and Chinese. \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e is also available, along with the chapbooks of other internationally renowned poets, in \u003ci\u003eIslands or Continents (Eighteen-Volume Box Set)\u003c\/i\u003e. Selected poems from this volume are featured in the anthology \u003ci\u003eIslands or Continents: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDunya Mikhail, Iraqi-American poet, was born in Baghdad in 1965 and left Iraq for the US (Michigan) in mid-1990s. She has worked as a journalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Baghdad Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and her work was found \"subversive.\" She was awarded the UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing in 2001, and her translator, Elizabeth Winslow, won a 2004 Pen Translation Fund Award. Her first book in English, \u003ci\u003eThe War Works Hard\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 2005; Carcanet, 2006), was shortlisted for the Griffin Prize and was named one of the 25 books to remember in 2005 by the New York Public Library. It was also translated into Italian by Elena Chiti and published by Edizioni San Marco dei Giustiniani (2011). \u003ci\u003eMikhail's Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 2009) won the 2010 Arab American Book Award. Her new poetry book \u003ci\u003eThe Iraqi Nights\u003c\/i\u003e is coming from New Directions in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 6.5 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48874621993209,"sku":"9789629966188","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/7xWx1KpeWY9789629966188.webp?v=1787326729","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-theory-of-absence-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}