Seven Songs About Armenia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few poets have captured the soul of a nation with the lyrical precision of Gevorg Emin, and Seven Songs About Armenia stands as a testament to that rare gift. This celebrated collection presents seven profound poetic meditations on Armenia — its ancient landscapes, its people, its history of survival, and its enduring cultural identity. Written with a voice that is at once intimate and monumental, Emin chronicles the essence of a homeland scarred by centuries of hardship yet unbroken in spirit, weaving personal memory with collective myth into a tapestry of extraordinary emotional depth. Emin, one of the most prominent Armenian poets of the twentieth century, writes with a clarity and gravity that places him firmly in the tradition of great civic poetry. His verse argues for the inseparability of land, language, and identity, and each song illuminates a different facet of the Armenian experience — from ancient stone churches to the diaspora's ache of longing. Translated and published for an international readership, this volume invites the world into a culture of breathtaking resilience, leaving the reader with the quiet, unsettling question: what does it mean to truly belong to a place?
Author: Gevorg Emin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Sovetakan Grogh Publishers
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few poets have captured the soul of a nation with the lyrical precision of Gevorg Emin, and Seven Songs About Armenia stands as a testament to that rare gift. This celebrated collection presents seven profound poetic meditations on Armenia — its ancient landscapes, its people, its history of survival, and its enduring cultural identity. Written with a voice that is at once intimate and monumental, Emin chronicles the essence of a homeland scarred by centuries of hardship yet unbroken in spirit, weaving personal memory with collective myth into a tapestry of extraordinary emotional depth. Emin, one of the most prominent Armenian poets of the twentieth century, writes with a clarity and gravity that places him firmly in the tradition of great civic poetry. His verse argues for the inseparability of land, language, and identity, and each song illuminates a different facet of the Armenian experience — from ancient stone churches to the diaspora's ache of longing. Translated and published for an international readership, this volume invites the world into a culture of breathtaking resilience, leaving the reader with the quiet, unsettling question: what does it mean to truly belong to a place?