At Rest in the Cherry Orchard

Iraqi Said Jensen, living in Norway, is haunted by his father's death and nightmarish visions. When called to Baghdad, he thinks of his neighbor Jakob's peaceful cherry orchard grave. Azher Jirjeess debut novel captures the way Iraqi life flips from reality to unreality, leading to countless people fleeing and being thrown into mass graves. It is a monumental account of human endurance in the face of mounting horrors.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 10 May 2024
Publisher: Banipal Books

Iraqi Said Jensen, living in Norway, is haunted by the ghost of his father, killed by the Iraqi regime before he was born, and nightmarish visions. When called to Baghdad, where a mass grave, possibly holding his father's remains, will be opened, he thinks about the peaceful cherry orchard where his neighbor Jakob was laid to rest. Through the story of Iraqi Said Jensen, who is granted asylum in Norway and builds his life there but is forever haunted by his father's disappearance, Iraqi author Azher Jirjeess debut novel captures brilliantly the way Iraqi life flips from reality to unreality and back as people have to find ways to live with the bloody horrors and deprivation that count as 'normal life,' leading to countless people fleeing and countless others thrown into mass graves. A monumental account of human endurance in the face of mounting horrors.

Weight: 202g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913043391