The Heart of a Stranger - by Andre Naffis-Sahely (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Exile lies at the root of our earliest stories. Charting varied experiences of people forced to leave their homes from the ancient world to the present day, The Heart of a Stranger is an anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction that journeys through six continents, with over a hundred contributors drawn from twenty-four languages. Highlights include the wisdom of the 5th century Desert Fathers and Mothers, The Flight of the Irish Earls, Madame de Stael's thoughts on Napoleon's tyranny, Emma Goldman's travails in the wake of the First Red Scare, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's tales of European colonial settlers in Kenya and the work of the contemporary Eritrean poet Ribka Sibhatu. Edited by poet and translator Andre Naffis-Sahely, The Heart of a Stranger offers a uniquely varied look at a theme both ancient and urgently contemporary.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A fascinatingly diverse anthology of the literature of exile, from the myths of Ancient Egypt to contemporary poetry</b> <p/>Exile lies at the root of our earliest stories. Charting varied experiences of people forced to leave their homes from the ancient world to the present day, <i>The Heart of a Stranger</i> is an anthology of poetry, fiction and non-fiction that journeys through six continents, with over a hundred contributors drawn from twenty-four languages. <p/>Highlights include the wisdom of the 5th century Desert Fathers and Mothers, the Swahili <i>Song of Liyongo</i>, The Flight of the Irish Earls, Emma Goldman's travails in the wake of the First Red Scare, the Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani's ode to the lost world of Andalusia and the work of contemporary Eritrean fabulist Ribka Sibhatu. <p/>Edited by poet and translator André Naffis-Sahely, <i>The Heart of a Stranger</i> offers a uniquely varied look at a theme both ancient and urgently contemporary.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Lovingly and purposefully prepared. -- <b><i>Times Literary Supplement</i></b> <p/>Offers a uniquely varied look at a theme both ancient and urgently contemporary. -- <b>London Review Bookshop<br></b><br>A wonderful, provocative and resonant anthology. This is a necessary book. I loved it. -- <b>Edmund de Waal</b>, <b> author of <i>The Hare with Amber Eyes</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>André Naffis-Sahely is the author of <i>The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life</i> (Penguin UK, 2017). He is a Visiting Teaching Fellow at Manchester Met's Writing School and is the poetry editor of <i>Ambit</i> magazine. He is from Abu Dhabi, but was born in Venice to an Iranian father and an Italian mother. His translations include over twenty titles of fiction, poetry and nonfiction from French and Italian, including <i>The Last Days</i> by Laurent Seksik and <i>The Crew</i> by Joseph Kessel, both published by Pushkin Press. Several of these translations have been featured as 'books of the year' in the <i>Guardian</i>, <i>Financial Times</i> and <i>NPR</i>.
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