Penguin Press 48kg: Poems - Bilingual Paperback, 128 Pages

48kg is a bilingual poetry collection by Palestinian poet Batool Abu Akleen, exploring loss, liberation, the body and life in a city under siege. It is for readers interested in contemporary poetry, war and the human experience of violence; the paperback contains 128 pages in English and Arabic.

Key Features

• Forty-Eight Poems: Each poem represents one kilogram of a body’s mass.
• Personal And Public: Poems connect the experience of the self with life in a city under siege.
• Bilingual Collection: Translated from Arabic by the poet with Graham Liddell, Wiam El-Tamami, Cristina Viti and Yasmin Zaher.
• Edited Edition: Edited by Dominic J. Jaeckle and Cristina Viti, and published in collaboration with Tenement Press.

Specifications

• Author: Batool Abu Akleen
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 128
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 24 Sept. 2026
• Language: English, Arabic
• Release Date: 2026-09-24
• Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.1 x 19.7 cm (5 x 0.4 x 7.8 in)
• Weight: 124 g (4.4 oz)
• ISBN-10: 1837315183
• ISBN-13: 978-1837315185