Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth

by Ruth Padel

'Making is our defence against the dark...'

Through images of conflict and craftsmanship, Ruth Padel's powerful new poems address the Middle East, tracing a quest for harmony in the midst of destruction. An oud, the central instrument of Middle Eastern music, is made and broken. An ancient synagogue survives attacks, a Palestinian boy in a West Bank refugee camp learns capoeira, and a guide shows us Bethlehem's Church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0701188162
• ISBN13: 9780701188160
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.5"