Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology

by Shakir Mustafa (Editor), Shakir Mustafa (Translator)

Overview

'Contemporary Iraqi Fiction' gathers work from 16 Iraqi writers. Shedding a light on the diversity of Iraqi experience, the anthology includes selections by Iraqi women, Jews, Christians and Muslims, both those living in Iraq and abroad. The stories are united in writing about a homeland that has known suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815609025
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	05/28/2008
Series:	Middle East Literature in Translation Ser.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Shakir Mustafa is Teaching Professor in the World Languages Center at Northeastern University.He co-edited A Century of Irish Drama: Widening the Stage and Seventeenth-Century English Poetry: An Introductory Course.

Editorial Reviews

Translated . . . into comfortable, modern English by Mustafa. . . . The most fanciful stories are those by women, and the most powerful narratives concern various recent wars in and around Iraq.

Choice

A nuanced study of contemporary Iraqi fiction which touches on a rich tapestry of themes.

Al Jadid

A crucial cultural exchange between Iraqi writers and readers of English.

Journal of Arabic Literature

One of the most important books in 2008.

The Bloomsbury Review

Contemporary Iraqi Fiction contains thirty-four stories by sixteen writers and succeeds in demonstrating that modern Iraqi fiction contains excellence across a range of styles.

Edinburgh Review