![]() ![]() Since its publication in 1818, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been appropriated more times in film and novels than I could count. ![]() Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, Saadawi’s novel is a grim, sometimes grotesque account of Baghdad after the fall of Hussein, and the impact of contemporary and historical forces on the Iraqi people. This is the premise of Ahmed Saadawi’s novel, Frankenstein in Baghdad. Suddenly, there is a new figure on the scene: a man who hides his face who, it is rumoured, cannot be killed by bullets a man set upon killing the citizens of Iraq with his bare hands. Bombings are routine, as are the corpses. The invasion is complete but in reality, the war continues. Saddam Hussein has been captured and the American’s have a prominent presence in the city. ![]()
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