Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi

 WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTIONWINNER OF THE KITSCHIES GOLDEN TENTACLE AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2019 A SATIRICAL REIMAGINING OF MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN SET IN MODERN-DAY BAGHDAD, BRILLIANTLY CAPTURING THE HORROR OF A CITY AT WARFrom the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, Hadi collects body parts from the dead, which he stitches together to form a corpse. He claims he does it to force the... Zobrazit více