Described by the author as “a baffling text”, this is an entirely unique piece of literature. Admittedly, it’s quite difficult to grasp at the outset, written in the second person where the narrator seems to be addressing other forms of himself – but the beauty of the language and the phrasing compelled me to persevere. Continue reading “Absent Presence by Mahmoud Darwish – a fascinatingly undefinable piece of beauty”