Hassan Blasim: 4 books
Iraq + 100
The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
One of NPR's Best Books of 2017!
A groundbreaking anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other”
“History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard.”—Operation...
Madinah
City Stories from the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Featuring:
Nedim Gursel (Istanbul), Gamal Al-Ghitani (Alexandria), Fadwa Al-Qasem (Dubai), Ala Hlehel (Akka), Hassan Blasim (Baghdad), Yousef Al-Mohaimeed (Riyadh), Elias Farkouh (Amman), Nabil Sulayman (Latakia), Joumana Haddad (Beirut), and Yitzhak Laor (Tel Aviv).
About the Book
‘Madinah’...
The Corpse Exhibition
And Other Stories of Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
**A blistering debut that does for the Iraqi perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan what Phil Klay’s Redeployment does for the American perspective
“[A] wonderful collection.” —George Saunders, The New York Times Book Review**
The first major literary work about the...
by Rashid Razaq, Hassan Blasim
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
A black comedy – an Iraqi refugee
comes to London in search of his dream…
Salim, an Iraqi refugee, takes on a new identity in London after fleeing persecution in Baghdad. He is picked up and marries a wealthy older woman, who enthusiastically coaches him in the bedroom for his forthcoming...