The Last of the Angels
A Modern Iraqi Novel
Published on 22. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4165-6745-5 (ISBN)
Description
Al-Azzawi pens this magical, comic, and ultimately profound story of Kirkuk, Iraq, and looks at life there 50 years ago.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
434 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4165-6745-5 (9781416567455)
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Person
Fadhil al-Azzawi is the author of many volumes of poetry, novels, and criticism. A member of the avant-garde Kirkuk Group of poets during the 1960s, he left Iraq in 1977, after being imprisoned for three years by the Baath regime for his political activities. He lives in Germany.