Carousing with Gazelles: Homoerotic Songs of Old Baghdad
by Jaafar Tarab
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Author: Jaafar TarabEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-17
ISBN: 0595376916
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Book Reviews of Carousing with Gazelles: Homoerotic Songs of Old Baghdad
Book Review: Charming But Meager
Summary: 3 Stars
Although this is very nice work I have given only three stars because it is so short. It includes just 17 poems, in 20 pages. There are also 12 pages of interesting prefatory material, and 15 pages of meaty notes, but even so this is more of a pamphlet than a book.
That said, I really enjoyed this item. The translations have a breezy, witty, sexy, irreverent tone which seems to capture the poet's intention. The poems are rather freely translated, but the inclusion of literal translations in the notes lets you see where liberties have been taken. Most of the poems selected here are pederastic, somewhat reminiscent of the Greek poet Cavafy, writing more than a millenium later.
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