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An Arab tyrant once infamously declared, I see heads that are ripe for plucking. In Mahmoud Al-Wardani s novel of tyranny and oppression, an impaled head seeks solace in narrating similar woes it sustained in previous incarnations. Beheadings, both literal and metaphorical torture, murder, decapitation, brainwashing, losing one s head are the subject of the six stories that unfold. The narrative takes us from the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic history, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, via a crime passionel, the torture of Communists in Nasser s prisons, the meanderings of a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread riots of 1977, a body dismembered in the 1991 Gulf War, and a bloodless beheading on the eve of the new millennium, into a dystopic future where heads are periodically severed to undergo maintenance and downloading of programs.
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Mahmoud Al-Wardani, born in Cairo in 1950, is a writer and cultural journalist. He is the author of six novels and three collections of short stories.
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hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cairo. 2008. American University in Cairo Press. 1st American Edition. Small Ding at the Bottom Back Boards, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 9789774161889. Translated from the Arabic by Hala Halim. 168 pages. hardcover. keywords: Africa Egypt Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - An Arab tyrant once infamously declared, I see heads that are ripe for plucking. In Mahmoud Al-Wardani's novel of tyranny and oppression, an impaled head seeks solace in narrating similar woes it sustained in previous incarnations. Beheadings, both literal and metaphorical - torture, murder, decapitation, brainwashing, losing one's head - are the subject of the six stories that unfold. The narrative takes us from the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic history, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, via a crime passionel, the torture of Communists in Nasser's prisons, the meanderings of a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread riots of 1977, a body dismembered in the 1991 Gulf War, and a bloodless beheading on the eve of the new millennium, into a dystopic future where heads are periodically severed to undergo maintenance and downloading of programs. inventory #20856 Small Ding at the Bottom Back Boards, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. Seller Inventory # z20856