Amman,(ONA - Sun and Shadows, a book by critic and academic, Mohammed Abdullah Al-Qawasmeh, includes a series of speeches on issues of culture, literature, criticism, self-affairs, life, and society.
The author divided his book, published by Dar Al Biruni for publication and distribution, into six chapters. In the first chapter, he dealt with literary criticism, its nature and its relations with the critic, literature, cultural institution and political authority, indicating the necessity of critical mobility and critical battles.
The second chapter touched on literature, creativity and art, exploring the relationship of literature to reality, politics and other arts. The author talks about translating literary works, and on the documentary “Reality Palestine” by Carl Sabbagh and examines the situation of literature and writers in universities.
As for the third chapter, it is in writing, composing, language, and what relates to the writing industry, the crisis of the book, the controversy of the digital and paper book, manuscripts of the late writers, and dictionaries of writers and their necessity.
The fourth chapter is devoted to talking about Arab and international figures and their positions on specific issues and events, such as Pushkin and Lermantov and their relationship with Palestine, Tolstoy and his relationship with his wife, Georgy Zidan and the Palestinian cause. He also reviewed the experiences of writers who died in their prime years and dealt with aspects of the efforts of Odeh Qudah in translation, Nayef Al-Nuwaisa in heritage, Kamel Nusseirat, Youssef Ghaishan and Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi in satirical writing.
The fifth chapter included a discussion of philosophical and social issues related to time, life, people, politics, questioning man, cosmic village, and World Philosophy Day. As for the sixth chapter, it was devoted to self-speeches on the relationship with culture, intellectuals and critics, and the relationship with books, censorship and memories.
The book carried a sub-title, “Speeches without Roofs”, referring to the diversity of its topics and its flow without regard to any restrictions or limitations but expressing what the author of the book feels.
It is noteworthy that Al-Qawasmeh has a number of novels, stories, and critical books in Arabic language, among them: “Voices in the Camp”, “Signature”, “Thirty Street”, “Absence”, “Steps”, “The Trapped”, “The Butterfly’s Pain”, “Farewell of Palms Square”, “The Spring of the Night”, “The Narrative Discourse in Jordan”, “The Poetic Model”, “The Sign of Vision” and “The Poetic Experience”.
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