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Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

By John Folk-Williams

Frankenstein in Baghdad - SFF in translation

In Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad, it takes a neighborhood of strange characters, rather than an over-reaching scientist as with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to create a monster. And it takes a good story, whether or not it is true, just so long as it is believed. There are many stories and levels of truth in […]

Filed Under: International Speculative Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction in Translation Tagged With: Baghdad, Frankenstein, justice, Mary Shelley, narrative, story-telling, truth, war

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