Khider Abbas
Khider Abbas - A Slap In The Face - Paperback
Khider Abbas - A Slap In The Face - Paperback
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Description: Now in paperback the touching timely story of an Iraqi refugee in Germany. In our era of mass migration much of it driven by war and its aftermath A Slap in the Face could not be more timely. It tells the story of Karim an Iraqi refugee living in Germany whose right to asylum has been revoked in the wake of Saddam Hussein's defeat. But Hussein wasn't the only reason Karim left and as Abbas Khider unfolds his story we learn both the secret struggles he faced in his homeland and the battles with prejudice distrust poverty and bureaucracy he has to endure in his attempts to make a new life in Germany. As he erupts in frustration at his caseworker and finally forces her to listen to his story we get an account of a contemporary life upended by politics and violence told with warmth and humor that while surprising us does nothing to lessen the outrages Karim describes.
Title: A Slap In The Face
Author(s): Khider Abbas
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803090009
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/27/2022
Series: The German List
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: Now in paperback the touching timely story of an Iraqi refugee in Germany. In our era of mass migration much of it driven by war and its aftermath A Slap in the Face could not be more timely. It tells the story of Karim an Iraqi refugee living in Germany whose right to asylum has been revoked in the wake of Saddam Hussein's defeat. But Hussein wasn't the only reason Karim left and as Abbas Khider unfolds his story we learn both the secret struggles he faced in his homeland and the battles with prejudice distrust poverty and bureaucracy he has to endure in his attempts to make a new life in Germany. As he erupts in frustration at his caseworker and finally forces her to listen to his story we get an account of a contemporary life upended by politics and violence told with warmth and humor that while surprising us does nothing to lessen the outrages Karim describes.
Title: A Slap In The Face
Author(s): Khider Abbas
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803090009
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/27/2022
Series: The German List
Category: Fiction In Translation
