Hassan Blasim

The Iraqi Christ

Darkly comic tale of religious upheaval and transformative faith in modern Iraq

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Hassan Blasim
Hassan Blasim

Iraqi-Finnish author whose The Corpse Exhibition is a collection of surreal, violent stories about the Iraq War. His work bears witness to the horrors of the Iraqi experience with dark invention. He is one of the most important Arab literary voices of his generation.

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