Cell Block Five
by Fadhil al-Azzawi
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Being plucked from a Baghdad cafe and deposited in a cell block for political prisoners is a wakeup call for Aziz, the novel's hero and narrator, a young man who has been living on automatic pilot-as if he were a guest visiting his own life-and he is finally forced to come to terms with the flawed world we inhabit and shape. Although never charged with any offense, he must adjust to a lengthy stay in prison, where he is befriended by Salam the yard boss, Mun'im an idealistic university show more student with a beautiful sister named Salwa, Yusuf an idealist dispatched to the 'Swamp,' Salman an anarchist show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Cell Block Five
- Original title
- القلعة الخامسة : رواية
- Original publication date
- 1972
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 892.78 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Afro-Asiatic literatures Arabic (Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan) Arabic miscellany
- LCC
- PJ7814 .Z92 .Q313 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Arabic Arabic literature Individual authors or works
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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