← Sinan AntoonThe Corpse Washerby Sinan AntoonIraqi man prepares corpses for burial, reflecting on violence and sacred traditionFind on Amazon↗About the authorSinan AntoonIraqi poet, novelist, and translator whose The Corpse Washer gives a devastating account of post-invasion Iraq through the eyes of a man who washes the dead. He is the leading Iraqi literary voice of his generation.More by Sinan AntoonFilters (poetry)→I'jaamExperimental narrative fragmenting Arabic language and identity in diaspora→The Book Censor's LibraryIraqi Jewish bibliophile catalogues forbidden books under state surveillance→Baghdad MarlboroAdolescent bond and violence amid Iraq's sectarian collapse at war's end→