Ahmed Saadawi
Author of Frankenstein in Baghdad
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- Other names
- Saʿdāwī, Aḥmad
أحمد سعداوي - Birthdate
- 1973
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Birthplace
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Places of residence
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Occupations
- novelist
poet
screenwriter
documentary film maker - Awards and honors
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2014)
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (2017)
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- 3.5
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- 8
Hadi, a trash merchant, gathers human body parts and puts them together to construct a corpse in the desolate streets of US-occupied Baghdad. His stated objective is for the government to acknowledge the pieces as humans and provide them with proper burial. When the corpse goes missing, a wave of weird murders sweeps the city, and stories of a horrifying-looking criminal who, despite being shot, cannot be killed flood in.
Despite the dark elements to this concept, Saadawi handles with a light touch. He creates some fantastic characters and captures with white-knuckle horror and black humour the surreal reality of a city at war.
I included this excellent book in my Best Middle Eastern Books to read.
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