Catalogue
Yara
Sa'id 'Aql
AP002 [English Reference Edition]
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July 2025
Japanese Hand-Sewn Paperback
148.5 x 210 mm – 52pp
+ Insert – 105 x 148.5mm – 8pp
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كتب –Book[s]
Etel Adnan
AP001 [Arabic Reference Edition]
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Yara is a landmark of modern Lebanese poetry and appears here for the first time in an English translation.​
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Written in the Lebanese Arabic vernacular using a unique 36-letter alphabet created by its author Sa‘id ‘Aql, the book marked a radical break from literary convention. In a cultural moment dominated by classical Arabic and pan-Arab ideals, Yara proposed an alternative: a national poetics rooted in local speech, geography and myth.
Both deeply personal and politically charged, Yara remains a provocative and singular achievement – long overlooked, it is deserving of critical attention for its bold reimagining of language, identity and national cultural consciousness. Read More​
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May 2025
Japanese Hand-Sewn Paperback
148.5 x 210 mm – 80pp
+ Insert – 105 x 148.5mm – 8pp
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Book of the Sea, Book of Night, Book of Death, Book of the End is a rare and long-unavailable work by Etel Adnan, one of the most singular voices in modern poetry and art.
First published in Arabic in 1994, this volume occupies a unique place in Adnan’s multilingual body of work. Book[s] offers a rare glimpse into her poetic engagement in Arabic – an engagement shaped by complexity, distance and deep creative intent.
Book[s] preserves a crucial yet overlooked moment in Adnan’s literary life. It stands as both a poetic document and a linguistic experiment, offering readers a chance to encounter the experiments in cadence and tension of a language that Adnan approached from the periphery. Read More
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