{"product_id":"the-book-of-trivialities-9781915017000","title":"The Book of Trivialities","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a series of evocative vignettes, celebrated Iraqi poet Majed Mujed lyrically traverses the fraught landscapes of beauty, longing and resistance in a country at war. The Book of Trivialities, originally written in the poet's native Arabic, is beautifully rendered into English by award-winning translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Intricately fusing political and personal histories, these powerful lyric verses speak to the universal, undying quest for freedom that knows no borders or bounds. A profound, powerful sequence of verse from a poet who once lived through the heart of a revolution and now lives for the revolutionary heart of love.A unique bilingual book which reflects the collaborative and creative process of writers and translators working across cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Trivialities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'These poems, the bittersweet fruit of a malignant place and time, belie the lightness of their title by inviting us to remember the immensities behind them - war, suffering, love and death. Fleeting, disconnected, they feel like insights jotted on the run between here and there, Iraq and Ireland, by a man under pressure, anxious to leave behind him the gleanings of a life.' - Harry Clifton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In these 25 flashes of insight, Majed Mujed searches for light among the darkness and either finds it or is made wiser for looking.' - Rónán Hession\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Majed Mujed's The Book of Trivialities is a gem of a book; intimate, tender, thought-provoking and intricately crafted, these aphoristic fragments contain a wisdom and humour that marks them as anything but trivial. These are poems to revisit again and again for their sharp wit, and their revelatory power.' - Jessica Traynor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skein Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915017000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.12d","brand":"Majed Mujed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122260766901,"sku":"9781915017000","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c01c8e59-ffb2-4d33-a369-9d9f8c747dbd.jpg?v=1766512280","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-trivialities-9781915017000","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}