Musician in the Clouds

"Talented Iraqi cello player Nabil dreams of changing the world with his music. He imagines a world where music and art govern everyday life. As he becomes increasingly alienated from Iraqi society, he begins to wonder if Iraq will ever meet his ideals. After being attacked in his hometown by neighborhood extremists and having his cello destroyed, Nabil decides to emigrate to Europe and pays to be smuggled to Belgium, where he thinks he can fit into society better. Once in Belgium, he still feels alienated by his lofty ideas about harmony, music, and how easy it would be to integrate into society"--

About the author

Ali Bader is an Iraqi novelist, essayist, poet, and screenwriter and the winner of five major Arabic awards. Author of Papa Sartre and The Tobacco Keeper, he currently lives in Brussels, Belgium.
Ikram Masmoudi is Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of Delaware, where she chairs the Arabic Program. She also is the author of War and Occupation in Iraqi Fiction and the translator of Beyond Love by Iraqi author Hadiya Hussein (2012).

Product details

• Authors: Ali Bader, Bader Ali
• Assisted by: Ikram Masmoudi (Translation), Masmoudi Ikram (Translation)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781647124434
• ISBN: 978-1-64712-443-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / World Literature / Middle East / General, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary