Samuel Shimon

Baghdad Noir

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now, one of the world's most war-torn cities is portrayed though a noir lens in this chilling story collection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackstone Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 134mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9781617753435
• ISBN-10: 1617753432
• Artikelnr.: 48807957

Autorenporträt

Samuel Shimon was born into an Assyrian family in Iraq in 1956. He is the cofounder of Banipal, the renowned international magazine of contemporary Arab literature in English translation, and the founder and editor of the popular Arabic literary website Kikah. His autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris was published in five languages, and he edited Beirut39, an anthology of new Arabic writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Murder in the Family
"I Killed Her Because I Loved Her" by Muhsin al-Ramli (Al-Fadhil District)
"Doomsday Book" by Nassif Falak (Hurriya City)
"Jasim's File" by Sinan Antoon (Al-Rashad Hospital)
"A Sense of Remorse" by Ahmed Saadawi (Bataween District)
Part II: Where Is the Trust?
"Baghdad on Borrowed Time" by Salar Abdoh (Gejara)
"Post-Traumatic Stress Reality in Qadisiya" by Hadia Said (Al-Qadisiya
District)
"The Fear of Iraqi Intelligence" by Hayet Raies (Al-Waziriya)
"Room 22" by Mohammed Alwan Jabr (Bab al-Sharqi)
Part III: Wake Me Up
"The Apartment" by Salima Salih (Al-Ghadeer District)
"Empty Bottles" by Hussain al-Mozany (al-Thawra City)
"Getting to Abu Nuwas Street" by Dheya al-Khalidi (Bab al-Moatham)
Part IV: Blood on My Hands
"Homecoming" by Roy Scranton (Shorja)
"Baghdad House" by Ali Bader (Al-Rashid Street)
"Tuesday of Sorrows" by Layla Qasrany (Al-Andalus District)