The Corpse Washer by Sinan Antoon
Set in Baghdad before and after the U.S. invasion, this intimate first-person narrative follows a young man who takes up his family's trade of washing the dead and records the toll that war, sectarian violence, and personal loss take on his life; with spare, lyrical prose he investigates grief, memory, faith, and the quiet dignity of tending corpses while confronting exile, silence, and the moral costs of survival.
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- Published
- 2010
- Nationality
- Iraqi
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200
- Original Language
- Arabic
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- Alternate Titles
- - غسّال الموتى
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