An Iraqi in Paris Hazim Saghieh A 40-year-old woman who has

A 40-year-old woman who has never had children and never wanted to

all remain affirmations of hope

both personal and global

Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book from the

An Iraqi in Paris Hazim Saghieh A 40-year-old woman who hasA fully revised third edition in translation of Shimon's best selling autobiographical novel. A young Iraqi writer sets out to become a Hollywood film maker, only to end up as a refugee on the streets of Paris, where he beds down in a metro station. Although his dream of making a film about his deaf mute father is never realised, the extraordinary encounters he has with the likes of Jean Luc Godard, Samuel Beckett and a ghost from Pre Lachaise