<p>A Boat to Lesbos, by Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah (his first collection in English translation), was written as Syrian refugees endured frightening journeys across the Mediterranean before arriving on the small island. Set out like a Greek tragedy, it is dramatic witness to the horrors and ravages they suffered, seen through the eye of history, the poetry of Sappho and the travels of Odysseus. In 2021 A Boat to Lesbos was shortlisted for the inaugural Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation.</p>

A Boat to Lesbos: and other poems

Literature & Fiction

al-Jarrah, Nouri

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A Boat to Lesbos: and other poems

The Stone Serpent: Barates of Palmyra’s Elegy for Regina his Beloved