Books by Ahmed Saadawi (3)
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Frankenstein in Bagdad by Ahmed Saadawi DE
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Bagdad, Stadtteil Batawin, zwei Jahre nach der US-amerikanisch geführten Intervention und dem Sturz Saddam Husseins. Der Bürgerkrieg eskaliert, die Milizen liefern sich erbitterte Kämpfe, Selbstmordattentate erschüttern die Stadt.
Hadi al-Attag, seines Zeichens Trödler und Geschichtenerzähler, sammelt die Leichenteile von Opfern der Bombenanschläge, zu denen Menschen aus allen Bevölkerungsgruppen gehören, und näht sie zu einem Kadaver zusammen. Doch als seine Gestalt zum Leben erwacht und verschwindet, schwappt eine Welle schauriger Morde &u... continue
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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi EN
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'Extraordinary... A devastating but essential read.' Kevin Powers, bestselling author and National Book Award finalist for The Yellow Birds 'Gripping, darkly humorous...profound.' Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION 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... continue
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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi EN
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*Man Booker International Prize finalist* “Brave and ingenious.” —The New York Times “Gripping, darkly humorous . . . profound.” —Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment “Extraordinary . . . A devastating but essential read.” —Kevin Powers, bestselling author and National Book Award finalist for The Yellow Birds From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi—a scavenger and an oddball fixture at a local café—collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the pa... continue
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