The Resource Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
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The item Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realises he has created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive - first from the guilty, and then from anyone who crosses its path
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 10 volumes (272 pages, 22 cm.)
- Note
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- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Originally published in Arabic in 2013
- The author's name is written as Ahmed Saadawi on the cover, title page and spine
- Isbn
- 9781786070609
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad
- Title
- Book Club in a Box
- Title remainder
- Frankenstein in Baghdad
- Statement of responsibility
- Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
- Language
-
- eng
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial. But when the corpse goes missing, a wave of eerie murders sweeps the city, and reports stream in of a horrendous-looking criminal who, though shot, cannot be killed. Hadi soon realises he has created a monster, one that needs human flesh to survive - first from the guilty, and then from anyone who crosses its path
- Awards note
- Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
- Cataloging source
- NWPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saadāwī, Aḥmad
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Arabic
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wright, Jonathan
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character)
- Monsters
- Dead
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Baghdad (Iraq)
- Baghdad (Iraq)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
- Note
-
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Originally published in Arabic in 2013
- The author's name is written as Ahmed Saadawi on the cover, title page and spine
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061995096
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14 cm. +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (272 pages, 22 cm.)
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781786070609
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002290432
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi ; translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
- Note
-
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Originally published in Arabic in 2013
- The author's name is written as Ahmed Saadawi on the cover, title page and spine
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061995096
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14 cm. +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (272 pages, 22 cm.)
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781786070609
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002290432
Subject
- Dead -- Iraq | Baghdad -- Fiction
- Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Horror fiction
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
- Monsters -- Fiction
- Baghdad (Iraq) -- History -- Fiction
- Baghdad (Iraq) -- Fiction
- Book club in a box
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2018 Fiction
- trueOwn Voices Horror
- trueAdaptations and Retellings
- trueAround the World
- trueBlood-drenched Horror
- trueCreature Feature
- trueHumorous Horror
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