Synopsis:

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’s Iraq.

In the tradition of Kafka’s The Trial, or Orwell’s 1984, I’jaam offers an insight into life under an oppressive political regime and how that oppression works. This is a stunning debut by a major young Iraqi writer-in-exile.

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Author: Sinan Antoon

Publisher: City Lights

ISBN: 9780872864573.

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Original Language: Arabic

Translated by: Rebecca C. Johnson

Genre: Fiction