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Best books from Asia (1979)
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Fragmentos de Bagdad by Sinan Antoon ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Cuando Yúsuf se detiene a contemplar sus viejas fotografías se dice a sí mismo que tiene «más de ochenta años, la mayor parte de los cuales son pasado». Que él, a fin de cuentas, está hecho de pasado, y no hace sino pensar en su juventud, en su familia descompuesta y en sus amores huidos. Pero también piensa en su ciudad… Bagdad es atentados, pero no solo. Bagdad es fanatismo, pero no solo. Bagdad es exaltación, pero no solo. La capital de Irak también ha sabido brillar. Por su parte, Maha, al escuchar a ... continue

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The Madman of Freedom Square by Ḥasan Balāsim EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
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The Baghdad Blog by Salam Pax EN

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath.

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I Stared at the Night of the City by Bakhtiyar Ali EN

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Iraqi Kurdistan at the turn of the twenty-first century is a territory ruled by strongmen, revolutionaries, fixers, bureaucrats and the "Barons," who control everything from livestock and land to Kurdish cultural life. Defying the absolute power wielded by the Barons, a band of friends led by a poet embarks on an odyssey to find the bodies of two lovers killed unjustly by the authorities. The Barons respond by attempting to crush these would-be avengers, though their real war is waged against the imagination itself - despite the fact that imagination in its myriad forms is a prized, elusive co... continue

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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sin-Leqi-Unninni EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. It tells the story Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to stop him oppressing the people of Uruk. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the... continue
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The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi EN

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2018 This number one best-selling title in Iraq, Dubai, and the UAE is a heart-rending tale of two girls growing up in war-torn Baghdad Baghdad, 1991. The Gulf War is raging. Two girls, hiding in an air raid shelter, tell stories to keep the fear and the darkness at bay, and a deep friendship is born. But as the bombs continue to fall and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again. This poignant debut novel reveals just what it's like to grow up in a city that is slowly... continue

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Der falsche Inder by Abbas Khider DE

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Ein geheimnisvolles arabisches Manuskript im ICE Berlin-München, das niemandem zu gehören scheint und worin acht Mal auf verschiedene Weise die Lebensgeschichte desjenigen erzählt wird, der es zufällig findet und liest. Dieses Romandebüt handelt von der Flucht eines jungen Irakers, der unter Saddam Hussein im Gefängnis saß und vor Krieg und Unterdrückung flieht, sich in mehreren Ländern als Hauslehrer, Gelegenheitsarbeiter, Kellner durchschlägt; der vom Unglück verfolgt scheint und doch immer wieder auf wundersame Weise gerettet wird. Auf seiner Reise durch Nordafrika und Europa trifft er viel... continue
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El cristo iraquí by Hasan Balasim ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Un soldado con la capacidad de predecir el futuro se ve chantajeado por un insurgente en el último acto de terror... Un creador de crucigramas sobrevive a un ataque con coche bomba, solo para descubrir que ahora está perseguido por una de sus víctimas... Huyendo de un robo, un comerciante de Bagdad cae en un agujero profundo, en cuyo fondo se encuentra un djinni y el cadáver de un soldado de una guerra completamente diferente... Desde las leyendas del desierto hasta los horrores del bosque, las historias de Blasim combinan lo fantástico con lo cotidiano, lo s... continue

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Ohrfeige by Abbas Khider DE

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
Ein Flüchtling betritt die Ausländerbehörde, um ein letztes Mal seine zuständige Sachbearbeiterin aufzusuchen. Er ist wütend und hat nur einen Wunsch: dass ihm endlich jemand zuhört. Als Karim drei Jahre zuvor von der Ladefläche eines Transporters ins Freie springt, glaubt er in Frankreich zu sein. Bis dorthin hat er für seine Flucht aus dem Irak bezahlt. In Wahrheit ist er mitten in der bayerischen Provinz gelandet. – Er kämpft sich durch Formulare und Asylunterkünfte bis er plötzlich seinen Widerruf erhält und abgeschoben werden soll. Jetzt steht er wieder ganz am Anfang. Dieser ebenso abgrü... continue

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The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim EN

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
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A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror… A deviser of crosswords survives a car-bomb attack, only to discover he is now haunted by one of its victims… Fleeing a robbery, a Baghdad shopkeeper falls into a deep hole, at the bottom of which sits a djinni and the corpse of a soldier from a completely different war… From legends of the desert to horrors of the forest, Blasim’s stories blend the fantastic with the everyday, the surreal with the all-too-real. Taking his cues from Kafka, his prose shines a dazzling ligh... continue


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