next to nothing

Section: Poetry

Number of pages: 164 pages

The poet Abdellatif Laabi had previously addressed to us this wish, “May your last will be cheerful.” Now he takes on the same wish in this collection, which deals with the essential passages of his life and the historical period to which he bears witness. In order to abandon my dreams, I must first find the individual or the people to whom I can entrust them with complete confidence. If poetry has saved Abdellatif Laabi, then this anthem, full of hope and acute awareness, is likely to provide us with some help in these dark times.