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Frankenstein in Baghdad
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A satirical reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein set in war-torn Baghdad
Winner of the International prize for Arabic Fiction
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize
"Extraordinary... A devastating but essential read." Kevin Powers, bestselling author of 'The Yellow Birds'
"Gripping, darkly humorous...profound." Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment'
From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realises he has created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive first from the guilty, and then from anyone who crosses its path.
An extraordinary achievement, 'Frankenstein in Baghdad' captures with white-knuckle horror and black humour the surreal reality of a city at war.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize
"Extraordinary... A devastating but essential read." Kevin Powers, bestselling author of 'The Yellow Birds'
"Gripping, darkly humorous...profound." Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment'
From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realises he has created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive first from the guilty, and then from anyone who crosses its path.
An extraordinary achievement, 'Frankenstein in Baghdad' captures with white-knuckle horror and black humour the surreal reality of a city at war.
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Author | Saadawi, Ahmed |
Availability | IP |
Department | Literature |
Format | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781786073976 |
Pages | 288 |
Published | 06/09/2018 |
Publisher | Oneworld Publications |
Section | Literature |
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