I’jaam

Author: Sinan Antoon
An inventory of the General Security headquarters in central Baghdad reveals an obscure manuscript. Written by a young man in detention, the prose moves from prison life, to adolescent memories, to frightening hallucinations, and what emerges is a portrait of life in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.,,In the tradition of Kafka’s The Trial or Orwell’s 1984, I’jaam offers insight into li….Read More
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