{"product_id":"no-windmills-in-basra-9781646051861","title":"No Windmills in Basra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold, imaginative collection of short stories set in Southern Iraq from prolific, award-winning novelist Diaa Jubaili. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfluenced in turn by the long tradition of Arabic folktales and the magical realism of Latin America, the stories in \u003cem\u003eNo Windmills in Basra\u003c\/em\u003e reflect a reality tinged by the city's history with war. Yet the fantastic and playful peek through, offering an astounding breadth of images in only a few lines per story. In \"Mubarak,\" a security guard for a chicken plant discovers his own wings after a bomb explosion. In \"The Taste of Death,\" long-buried Iraqi and Iranian soldiers rise from their unmarked graves, dissatisfied with the landscape's returning verdancy. Set in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, where the author still lives, these fleeting stories oscillate between whimsy and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646051861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180","brand":"Diaa Jubaili","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277198823605,"sku":"9781646051861","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c2cb485b-cc16-47cc-9751-f6e80859be66.jpg?v=1657595789","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-windmills-in-basra-9781646051861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}