Ruth Padel

Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth

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ISBN 13:
9780701188160
author:
Ruth Padel
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Chatto & Windus
language:
English
Publication Year:
2014
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
13.6 x 0.7 x 21.5 cm
Genre:
Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Poetry,
Condition:
New
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£12.76

Description

Ruth Padel's poems explore the quest for harmony in the midst of destruction, tracing a common thread through human experience across different cultures and faiths. Through images of craft and conflict, she reveals how people turn to making things as a way through crisis.

The book weaves together stories of resilience and vulnerability, from an ancient synagogue surviving arson attacks to a Palestinian boy learning to dance in a refugee camp, and a Polish Jew carving a chain in a Nazi camp. A sense of shared humanity is revealed in the complexities of conflict in the Holy Land.

Ultimately, Padel's poems offer a moving vision of restoration and regeneration, one that speaks to the heart of human experience: "Wherever we're looking from / we are this Middle East. Some chasm / through the centre must be in and of us all".

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