Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology (Hardcover)
The first anthology of its kind in the West,Contemporary Iraqi Fiction gathers work from sixteen Iraqi writers,all translated from Arabic. Shedding a bright light on the rich diversity of Iraqi experience,Shakir Mustafa has included selections by Iraqi women,Iraqi Jews now living in Israel,and Christians and Muslims living both in Iraq and abroad. While each voice is distinct,they are united in writing about a homeland that has suffered under repression,censorship,war,and occupation. Many of the