{"product_id":"no-windmills-in-basra-paperback","title":"No Windmills in Basra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiaa Jubaili\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChip Rossetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold, imaginative collection of short stories set in Southern Iraq from prolific, award-winning novelist Diaa Jubaili. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfluenced in turn by the long tradition of Arabic folktales and the magical realism of Latin America, the stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Windmills in Basra\u003c\/em\u003e reflect a reality tinged by the city's history with war. Yet the fantastic and playful peek through, offering an astounding breadth of images in only a few lines per story. In \"Mubarak,\" a security guard for a chicken plant discovers his own wings after a bomb explosion. In \"The Taste of Death,\" long-buried Iraqi and Iranian soldiers rise from their unmarked graves, dissatisfied with the landscape's returning verdancy. Set in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, where the author still lives, these fleeting stories oscillate between whimsy and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiaa Jubaili was born in 1977 in Basra, Iraq, where he still lives. He is the author of eight novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Curse of the Marquis\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Dubai Magazine Award, and three short story collections, including \u003cem\u003eWhat Will We Do Without Calvino?\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing, and \u003cem\u003eNo Windmills in Basra\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Almultaqa Prize for the Short Story. He was a contributor to the short story collection \u003cem\u003eIraq +100\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChip Rossetti has a Ph.D. in modern Arabic literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and wrote his dissertation on the contemporary Iraqi writer Muhammad Khudayyir. His published translations include the novel \u003cem\u003eBeirut, Beirut\u003c\/em\u003e by Sonallah Ibrahim; the graphic novel \u003cem\u003eMetro: A Story of Cairo\u003c\/em\u003e by Magdy El Shafee; and \u003cem\u003eUtopia\u003c\/em\u003e by Ahmed Khaled Towfik. His translations have also appeared in \u003cem\u003eAsymptote, The White Review, Banipal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e. He has worked in book publishing for over twenty years, and is currently the Editorial Director for the Library of Arabic Literature at New York University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767208476960,"sku":"9781646051861","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1223ad7eb25d8663f54fa3f262c02547.webp?v=1780306605","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/no-windmills-in-basra-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}