Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Shalash the Iraqi

Længde
9T 48M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Romaner

Populated by a cast of imagined con artists, holy fools, drag queens, and partisans—as well as some very factual politicians, priests, and generals—this novel started life as a pseudonymous blog written "live" by "Shalash" during and after the Second Iraq War. Shalash the Iraqi is here presented in its first authorized translation, with the blessing and commentary of "Shalash" himself.

The second US invasion of Iraq began in the spring of 2003. By the autumn of 2005, though the Saddam Hussein regime had reached its bloody end, ordinary Iraqis were seeing little improvement in their daily lives. Their country was "free," but to many it seemed free mainly to become a mire of sectarian violence, corruption, confusion, and fear. In the midst of this turmoil, a hero arose—or, rather, a jester. In a country where electricity was only intermittently available, a series of blog posts began to appear at a soon-to-be-defunct website and took Baghdad by storm. Individual entries were printed out and passed around for months, until the pages were nearly shredded. Where neither computers nor printers were available, the posts were retold aloud, then passed along at second- and third-hand. What could inspire such devotion? Signed "Shalash the Iraqi," the posts proved to be nothing less than portions of a madcap serial novel thumbing its nose at Iraq's new normal.

© 2025 Tantor Media (Lydbog): 9798350863901

Oversættere: Luke Leafgren

Release date

Lydbog: 13. maj 2025

Tags

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Misophonia: A Novel Dana Vowinckel
  2. This Motherless Land: A Novel Nikki May
  3. No Country for Love Yaroslav Trofimov
  4. River East, River West: A Novel Aube Rey Lescure
  5. The Immortal Woman Su Chang
  6. Mathilda Mary Shelley
  7. Our City That Year: A Novel Geetanjali Shree
  8. Simpatía Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
  9. Ibis: A Novel Justin Haynes
  10. How I Won A Nobel Prize Julius Taranto
  11. Neferura: The Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Novel Malayna Evans
  12. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel Yang Shuang-Zi
  13. The Rest of You Maame Blue
  14. Maya & Natasha: A Novel Elyse Durham
  15. The Essex Serpent: A Novel Sarah Perry
  16. The Fallen Fruit: A Novel Shawntelle Madison
  17. The Border Between Us Rudy Ruiz
  18. Boy: A Novel Nicole Galland
  19. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt
  20. The Cartographers: A Novel Peng Shepherd
  21. The Best American Short Stories 2024 Lauren Groff
  22. Undiscovered: A Novel Gabriela Wiener
  23. Children of Paradise Camilla Grudova
  24. The Great Divide: A Novel Cristina Henriquez
  25. All the Lovers in the Night Mieko Kawakami
  26. The Librarianist: A Novel Patrick deWitt
  27. The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel Jenny Colgan
  28. The Great Divide Cristina Henriquez
  29. The Mighty Red: A Novel Louise Erdrich
  30. This Could be Everything: 'Exquisite. Enchanting. Quite possibly perfect. The next One Day/Me Before You' VERONICA HENRY Eva Rice
  31. A Thousand Ships: A Novel Natalie Haynes
  32. Salutation Road Salma Ibrahim
  33. The Persians Sanam Mahloudji
  34. Wandering Souls Cecile Pin
  35. Crudo Olivia Laing
  36. We, The Survivors Tash Aw
  37. 1984 George Orwell
  38. Our Spoons Came from Woolworths Barbara Comyns
  39. The Twilight Garden: A Novel Sara Nisha Adams
  40. Middlemarch George Eliot
  41. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths Natalie Haynes
  42. Rootless Krystle Zara Appiah
  43. The South Tash Aw
  44. What You Need From The Night Laurent Petitmangin
  45. Nora Webster Colm Tóibín
  46. The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of a family you won't want to leave behind Garrett Carr

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis