NAOMI FOYLE looks at Arab Sci-Fi in the pages of ‘Iraq +100: Stories From a Century After the Invasion’: ‘a landmark anthology of short stories in a scintillating variety of genres and tones, a book of riveting ulterior visions…’
DAVID FRANKEL recommends The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat & Other Stories from the North: ‘The stories gathered here depict the struggle for survival against the environment and ourselves, fusing traditions and blending reality and fantasy…’
DR. WALEED AL-BAZOON recommends Hassan Blasim’s ‘The Iraqi Christ’: ‘…a seismic, ground-breaking short story collection that leaves in its reader’s mind – long after the final page – powerful after-shocks. In the title story, Blasim explores, with devastating force, the consequences of two different wars upon his country…’
Join VICKI HEATH in conversation with Iraqi writer HASSAN BLASIM and translator JONATHAN WRIGHT, as Hassan’s second short story collection launches in the UK.
