Hassan Blasim (Author of The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq)

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Hassan Blasim

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Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and writer who lives in Finland. He writes in Arabic.He is co-editor of the Arabic literary website ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 6,354 ratings · 1,125 reviews · 23 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 2,482 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Allah99 by Hassan Blasim, Sampsa Peltonen (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Madman of Freedom Square by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iraq + 100: stories from a century after the invasion by Hassan Blasim (Editor), Hassan Abdulrazzak (欧宝娱乐 Author), Anoud 3.47 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kelloja ja vieraita by Hassan Blasim, Sampsa Peltonen (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	亘賱亘賱丕賱爻賷丿 by Hassan Blasim, 丨爻賳亘賱丕爻賲 3.63 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truck to Berlin by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ali's Bag by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Zone Rabbit by Hassan Blasim, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Hassan Blasim (?)

“You can't understand beauty without peace of mind and you can't get close to the truth without fear.”
― Hassan Blasim, The Iraqi Christ

tags: beauty, eternal-truth, fear, nature-of-reality, verity

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“...I believe in dreams more than I believe in God. Dreams get into you and leave, then come back with new fruit, but God is just a vast desert.”
― Hassan Blasim, The Iraqi Christ

tags: divine-nature, dreams, god

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“Spilled blood and superstition are the basis of the world. Man is not the only creature who kills for bread, or love, or power, because animals in the jungle do that in various ways, but he is the only creature who kills because of faith.”
― Hassan Blasim, The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq

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May/June 2022 Group Read: Middle East

The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

5 votes, 38.5%

Iraq + 100: stories from a century after the invasion by Hassan Blasim

4 votes, 30.8%

Neanderthals: The experiment by Serag Monier

2 votes, 15.4%

All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man by Nemo Ramjet

2 votes, 15.4%

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