Baghdad Noir (eBook)

Sinan Antoon, Nassif Falak, Muhsin al-Ramli (Autoren)

Samuel Shimon (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
256 Seiten
Akashic Books (Verlag)
978-1-61775-654-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This unique anthology of Iraqi noir fiction collects fourteen original stories of crime, conspiracy, regret, and revenge in the capital of Iraq. The centuries-old city of Baghdad has known many rulers, many troubles, and many crimes. But while most Iraqis would agree that their life has always been noir, there has not been a literary tradition to capture this aspect of the culture. By commissioning the fourteen stories collected here most by Iraqi writers, all by authors familiar with Baghdad editor Samuel Shimon and Akashic Books have created what may be the first anthology of Iraqi crime fiction ever assembled. Here you will read of life in Baghdad both during and after the Saddam Hussein era, with stories of fear in the shadow of a ruthless dictator; kidnappings in the time of U.S. occupation; detectives who investigate political conspiracies; and tales of revenge, assassination, mental illness, and family struggle in the war-torn City of Peace. Baghdad Noir includes brand-new stories by Sinan Antoon, Ali Bader, Mohammed Alwan Jabr, Nassif Falak, Dheya al-Khalidi, Hussain al-Mozany, Layla Qasrany, Hayet Raies, Muhsin al-Ramli, Ahmed Saadawi, Hadia Said, Salima Salih, Salar Abdoh, and Roy Scranton.

Autor

Samuel Shimon was born into an Assyrian family in Iraq in 1956. He is the cofounder of Banipal, the renowned international magazine of contemporary Arab literature in English translation, and the founder and editor of the popular Arabic literary website Kikah. His autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris was published in five languages, and he edited Beirut39, an anthology of new Arabic writing.

Inhalt

Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: MURDER IN THE FAMILY
I Killed Her Because I Loved Her by Muhsinal-Ramli (Al-Fadhil District)
Doomsday Book by Nassif Falak (Al-Hurriya–Dolai District)
Post-Traumatic Stress Reality in Qadisiya by Hadia Said (Al-Qadisiya District)
A Sense of Remorse by Ahmed Saadawi (Bataween District)
PART II: WHERE IS THE TRUST?
The Apartment by Salima Salih (Al-Ghadeer District)
Homecoming by Roy Scranton (Shorja)
The Night Sabah Disappeared by Hayet Raies (Al-Waziriya)
Room 22 by Mohammed Alwan Jabr (Ban al-Sharqi)
PART III: WAKE ME UP
Getting to Abu Nuw’as Street by Dheya al-Khalidi (Bab al-Moatham)
Empty Bottles by Hussainal-Mozany (Sadr City)
Jasim Goes Home by Sinan Antoon (Al-Rashad Hospital)
PART IV: BLOOD ON MY HANDS
Baghdad on Borrowed Time by Salar Abdoh (Karrada)
Baghdad House by Ali Bader (Al-Rashid Street)
Tuesday of Sorrows by Layla Qasrany (Al-Andalus District)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Akashic Noir Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-61775-654-7 / 1617756547
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-654-2 / 9781617756542