 This story, narrated by a teenage Iraqi girl in the midst of the first Gulf War mixes dreams with real life and fantasies with reality. She huddles in an air raid shelter with her friend Nadia and the two imagine a world not torn apart by war. They share dreams, hopes, desires, and first loves. As they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, their friends begin to flee the country. The use of metaphor, dream interpretations, and soothsayers helps build the narrative and the sense of place and time. mjw |
| Title: The Baghdad Clock Author: Shahad Al Rawi Publisher: Oneworld Publications, London Copyright: 2018 Original Language: Arabic Translator: Luke Leafgren Original Publisher: Dar al Hikma Original Copyright: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78607-324-2 Hardcover pages: 288 Age range: 14 up Genre: Fiction Book setting: Baghdad, Iraq Author’s ethnicity: Born in Baghdad Author’s residence: Dubai Awards: 2018 Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Subjects: Air raid shelters, Biography, Coming of age, Persian Gulf War – 1991, Teenage girls |
The Baghdad Clock
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