Fadhil Al-Azzawi's Beautiful Creatures

by Fadhil al-Azzawi

First time ever in English translation for this acclaimed 'open work', published in Arabic in 1969 to great acclaim, written in defiance of the "sanctity of genre" and to raise the question of freedom of expression in writing. Variously called a novel or a prose poem, the author calls it an epic in prose, divided into cantos. In mid-1960s Iraq such an open-ended form, in which different genres come together and blend into each other, was difficult...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191304310X
• ISBN13: 9781913043100
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Banipal Publishing
• Length: 152 Pages