{"product_id":"la-syrena-visions-of-a-syrian-mermaid-from-space-paperback","title":"La Syrena: Visions of a Syrian Mermaid from Space - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBanah El Ghadbanah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dzanc Diverse Voices Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLA SYRENA. For me home is in the water. When I go to the sea I want to swim forever and never look back. But I know I would die and the earth needs me on shore. My home is Syria and Syria for me is like the sea. I want nothing more than to jump in and swim around forever. In Syria I am declared wanted, like so many of us displaced lunar divas. The longing I feel is the deepest kind. It could crack the whole earth open. I am a Lumerian from Ancient Sumeria, a southern space creature in a northern world, LA SYRNENA, zhe is my destiny. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection, each poem flows like water on the page. The author weaves in stories و mantras و revolutionary messages و the movement of arabic letters و the memory of Sumerian cuneiform. This book is a hybrid creature between poem-story-form that crosses genres like it crosses dimensions. In this work, you are the mermaid. You are the forever migrant, a traveler between the oceanic and the extraterrestrial, across continents and planets. You are a time traveler, and you speak many languages. You are LA SYRENA, conjuring your own space to feel free.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159972089991,"sku":"9781950539444","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0170103c96b830e984a51f2d248b8241.webp?v=1733270660","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/la-syrena-visions-of-a-syrian-mermaid-from-space-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}