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The Stone Serpent - Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved (Paperback) Loot Price: R370
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The Stone Serpent - Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved (Paperback): Nouri Al-Jarrah

The Stone Serpent - Barates of Palmyra's Elegy for Regina his Beloved (Paperback)

Nouri Al-Jarrah; Translated by Catherine Cobham

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Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah brings to life a story that can never again be lost in time after a single line in Aramaic on a tombstone fired his imagination. This inspiring epic poem awakens two extraordinary lovers, Barates, a Syrian from Palmyra, and Regina, the Celtic slave he freed and married, from where they have lain at rest beside Hadrian's Wall for eighteen centuries, and tells their unique story. Barates' elegy to his beloved wife, who died young at 30, is, however, not about mythologizing history. With the poet himself an exile in Britain for 40 years from his birthplace of Damascus, the poem forges new connections with today, linking al-Jarrah's personal journey with that of his ancient forebear Barates, who resisted slavery with love. Barates' Eastern song also questions whether the young Celtic fighters, the Tattooed Ones, were really barbarians, as they emerged from forest mists to defend their hills and rivers and their way of life from the Romans, and died or lay wounded at the twisting stone serpent that was Hadrian's Wall.

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Imprint: Banipal Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2022
Authors: Nouri Al-Jarrah
Translators: Catherine Cobham
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 85mm (L x W x H)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 978-1-913043-29-2
Subtitles: Arabic
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General
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LSN: 1-913043-29-0
Barcode: 9781913043292

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