I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody

by Sinan Antoon

2021-01-10 11:55:53

An inventory of the General Security headquarters in central Baghdad reveals an obscure manuscript. Written by a young man in detention, the prose moves from prison life, to adolescent memories, to frightening hallucinations, and what emerges is a po... Read more

An inventory of the General Security headquarters in central Baghdad reveals an obscure manuscript. Written by a young man in detention, the prose moves from prison life, to adolescent memories, to frightening hallucinations, and what emerges is a portrait of life in Saddam Hussein''s Iraq.

In the tradition of Kafka''sThe Trial or Orwell''s1984, I''jaam offers insight into life under an oppressive political regime and how that oppression works. This is a stunning debut by a major young Iraqi writer-in-exile.

Sinan Antoon has been published in leading international journals and has co-directedAbout Baghdad, an acclaimed documentary about Iraq under US occupation.

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Book Details

File size7.3 X 5 X 0.4 in
Print pages168
PublisherCity Lights Publishers
Publication date June 11, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780872864573
Sinan Antoon is an award-winning poet, novelist, and translator. He was born in Iraq, and moved to the US in 1991 after the Gulf War. He received his PhD from Harvard University and is currently assoc...

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