Bøger af Muhsin Al-Ramli

The follow-up to the internationally acclaimed The President's Gardens

La mirada del exiliado, del desplazado, del refugiado, de la continua víctima de racismo y desprecio, se enfrenta a nosotros en esta contundente colección de relatos cortos en la que su autor, Muhsin al-Ramli, nos hace partícipes de primera mano de sus experiencias. El amor, la amistad, la religión, la guerra, la mujer y la libertad se darán cita en estos cuentos de una humanidad inusitada.Mushin Al-Ramli es un autor y poeta iraquí nacido en 1967. Residente en Madrid desde 1993, es doctorado en filología española por la UAM y profesor en la Saint Louis University. Desde su lugar de exilio ha publicado numerosos artículos, novelas y relatos cortos que tienen que ver con su experiencia como refugiado hasta convertirse en una de las voces más interesantes de su generación.

One Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Kite Runner in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Saleem, fed up with all the violence, religiosity, and strict family hierarchies of his Iraqi village, flees to Spain to establish a new life for himself. But his lonely exile is turned upside down when he encounters his father, Noah, in a Madrid nightclub after not seeing him in more than a decade. Noah looks and acts like a new man, and Saleem sets out to discover the mystery of his father's presence in Spain and his altered life. In doing so, he recalls formative moments in Iraq of familial love, war, and the haunting accidental death of his cousin Aliya, Saleem's partner in the hesitant, tender exploration of sexuality. When the renewed relationship with his father erupts in a violent conflict, Saleem is forced to rediscover his sense of self and the hard-won stability of his life. Through Saleem's experiences and reflections, the fast-paced narrative carries the reader between Spain and Iraq to a surprising resolution.