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قصة الغريق والخشبة single work   short story   "تشبّث الغريقُ بالخشبة التائهة وجذّف في فرحٍ عظيم خالعاً جلده"
Kissat al-ghareek wal-khashaba
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 قصة الغريق والخشبة
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Notes

  • English translation of the title: The story of the drowning man and the piece of wood
  • A prose poem.
  • English translation of the first line: The drowning man hung on the errant piece of wood, stripping his skin [on it] with great joy

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Arabic
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon ٢٦ قصيدة Jad El-Hage , Beirut : دار النهار للنشر , 1979 Z1896952 1979 selected work poetry Beirut : دار النهار للنشر , 1979
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon خمسة Five Jad El-Hage , London : Sorah Publications , 1994 Z1571820 1994 selected work poetry short story London : Sorah Publications , 1994 pg. 51
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