In the presence of absence

A brief about the book line by line I have overwhelmed you in front of me with efficiency that only I have in the beginnings And as you commanded me, I now stand in your name to thank your mourners for this final journey, and to invite them to shorten the farewell and turn to a celebratory dinner befitting your memory Allow me to see you having left me and I have left you, safe and sound like pure prose Dar Al-Nashr Al-Ahliya Author: Mahmoud Darwish Year of publication: 2016 Number of pages: 182