{"product_id":"the-abduction-paperback-1","title":"The Abduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaram Al-Masri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHélène Cardona\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of an Albertine and FACE Foundation grant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Abduction\u003c\/i\u003e details the terror and sorrow surrounding the abduction of Maram Al-Masri's only child by her then husband who fled to Syria, where due to the patriarchal nature of society and the social\/political problems she was unable to fight for custody.The Abduction refers to an autobiographical event in Maram Al-Masri's life. When, as a young Arab woman living in France, she decides to separate from her husband with whom she has a child, the father kidnaps the baby and returns to Syria. Al-Masri won't see her son for thirteen years. This is the story of a woman denied the basic right to raise her child. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are haunting, spellbinding poems of love, despair, and hope, a delicate, profound and powerful book on intimacy, a mother's rights, war, exile, and freedom. Maram Al-Masri embodies the voice of all parents, who one day, for whatever the reason, have been forcibly separated from their loved ones. She writes about the status of women, seeking to reconcile her role as a mother with her writing work. The terrible war that has devastated her native country since 2011 has painfully affected her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included in \u003ci\u003eThe Abduction\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eThe Bread of Letters, \u003c\/i\u003e comprised of two poems addressing the act of writing: \"Isn't the act of writing \/ an outrageous act in itself? Writing \/ is getting to know \/ one's innermost thoughts. \/ Yes, I am scandalous \/ because I show my truth and my nakedness of woman. \/ Yes I am scandalous \/ because I scream my pain and my hope, \/ my desire, my hunger and my thirst.\" For Al-Masri, writing is a vital and deeply human need: \"When I write what I feel, I'm afraid of nothing. Poetry is my freedom and touches me where it lands most deeply. It offers me life vibration, the flush of a river, where feet and dreams meet.\" The Guardian described her as \"a love poet whose verse spares no truth of love's joys and mercilessness.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHélène Cardona's books include Life in Suspension and Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry) and the translations The Abduction (Maram Al-Masri, White Pine Press), Birnam Wood (José Manuel Cardona, Salmon Poetry), Beyond Elsewhere (Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, White Pine Press), Ce que nous portons (Dorianne Laux, Éditions du Cygne), and Walt Whitman's Civil War Writings for WhitmanWeb. The recipient of over 20 honors \u0026amp; awards, including the Independent Press Award, International Book Award and Hemingway Grant, she holds an MA in American Literature from the Sorbonne, worked as a translator for the Canadian Embassy, and taught at Hamilton College and LMU. Maram Al-Masri was born in Latakia, Syria, and moved to France following the completion of English Literature studies at Damascus University. She is the recipient of many prestigious literary prizes, including the Prix d'Automne de Poésie de la Société des Gens De Lettres, the Adonis Prize, the Premio Citta di Calopezzati, Il Fiore d'Argento, and the Dante Alighieri Prize. Her collections include Je te regarde, Cerise rouge sur un carrelage blanc, Par la fontaine de ma bouche, Elle va nue la liberté, Je te menace d'une colombe blanche, Le Rapt, and two anthologies, including Femmes poètes du monde arabe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732107759679,"sku":"9781945680618","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/81d63e1894094540ab4b4c8c28e80f53.webp?v=1765131316","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-abduction-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}