Description
A novella exploring identity and interior landscape by a widely published Lebanese-British poet and critic.
About the Author
Dr. Omar Sabbagh is a widely published poet and critic. His work has appeared in, amongst others, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, The London Magazine, Lighthouse, and Envoi. His three extant poetry collections include My Only Ever Oedipal Complaint and The Square Root of Beirut, both from Cinnamon Press, and his debut novella, Via Negativa - a parable of exile was published by Cinnamon's Liquorice Fish Books impint at the beginning of 2016. He has published critical essays on a number of writers, including George Eliot, Lawrence Durrell, and Henry Miller. He has a PhD in English Literature from King's College London and is presently an Assistant Professor in English at the American University in Dubai.
Reviews
Yusuf is an inveterate observer of his native Beirut, that "city of whores and city of dames", watching its bustle from a bar stool. But when one of his most promising students shows him several unfinished stories, Yusuf finds his life's drift is about to hit rough water. The first prose work by respected poet Omar Sabbagh, this stunning, miasmatic novella draws the reader deep into a world where what goes on inside a person's head is more real and important than the world outside. -- Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Book Information
ISBN 9780993168239
Author Omar Sabbagh
Format Paperback
Page Count 92
Imprint Cinnamon Press
Publisher Cinnamon Press
About the Author
Dr. Omar Sabbagh is a widely published poet and critic. His work has appeared in, amongst others, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, The London Magazine, Lighthouse, and Envoi. His three extant poetry collections include My Only Ever Oedipal Complaint and The Square Root of Beirut, both from Cinnamon Press, and his debut novella, Via Negativa - a parable of exile was published by Cinnamon's Liquorice Fish Books impint at the beginning of 2016. He has published critical essays on a number of writers, including George Eliot, Lawrence Durrell, and Henry Miller. He has a PhD in English Literature from King's College London and is presently an Assistant Professor in English at the American University in Dubai.
Reviews
Yusuf is an inveterate observer of his native Beirut, that "city of whores and city of dames", watching its bustle from a bar stool. But when one of his most promising students shows him several unfinished stories, Yusuf finds his life's drift is about to hit rough water. The first prose work by respected poet Omar Sabbagh, this stunning, miasmatic novella draws the reader deep into a world where what goes on inside a person's head is more real and important than the world outside. -- Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Book Information
ISBN 9780993168239
Author Omar Sabbagh
Format Paperback
Page Count 92
Imprint Cinnamon Press
Publisher Cinnamon Press
