Conversations with My Father, Adonis - Couverture rigide

Esber, Ninar

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1905422903 ISBN 13 : 9781905422906

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Artist meets writer; young woman meets older man; daughter meets father. All these encounters are played out in the arresting conversations between the artist Ninar Esper (b. 1971) and the father she hardly knew, the Syrian-Lebanese poet Adonis (b. 1930). Esber passionately challenges Adonis on subjects ranging from fundamentalism to animal rights, from feminism to aesthetics; Adonis responds with amusement and judicious wisdom, not concealing the contradictions of a patriarchal humanist libertarian. On Esber's side, the poignancy of growing up without a father becomes a drama with Oedipal overtones. This intensely personal two-hander is at the same time representative of many contemporary displacements. Comparing their experiences of war, exile and cultural rootlessness, two individuals differently marked by Middle Eastern history seek a common ground in Paris. An intimate, uncensored, ultimately unresolved search for communication and forgiveness.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ninar Esber is a performance artist and a writer. She lives and works in Paris.

Lorna Scott Fox is a journalist, critic and translator presently living in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905422903
• ISBN 13: 9781905422906
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible