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Summer reading, summer loving?

The annual mid July Guardian article on the summer reading choices of the great and good literati provoked the usual mixture of interest, awe, and even disbelief chez moi and friends. How were they going to find time on holiday … Continue reading

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Hassan Blasim wins Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014!

Hassan Blasim, author, and Jonathan Wright, translator, win the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014- the first time an Arab writer has won the prize and the first time a short story collection has won. And you will remember that this … Continue reading

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‘The Iraqi Christ’

‘The Iraqi Christ’ by Hassan Blasim is one of the six short listed books for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, to be awarded very shortly on May 22nd . It is a collection of short stories translated from Arabic by … Continue reading

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