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Kattan... brings a first-hand immediacy to his Baghdad memoir which marks it out as a minor masterpiece of the genre... Shot through with an artless ardour which lingers long in the reader s mind. --'Sunday Telegraph'
Iraq s most distinguished Jewish writer-in-exile... The plight of Jewry is recorded in Farewell, Babylon in spare, elegiac tones... A vital book. --'Sunday Times'
Naim Kattan... tells of the last years in Baghdad, when Jews awaited the possibility and the permits to leave Iraq... also gives a poignant account of a young man seeking insight into the mysteries and joys of life in an inhibitory society. --'The Independent'
Iraq s most distinguished Jewish writer-in-exile... The plight of Jewry is recorded in Farewell, Babylon in spare, elegiac tones... A vital book. --'Sunday Times'
Naim Kattan... tells of the last years in Baghdad, when Jews awaited the possibility and the permits to leave Iraq... also gives a poignant account of a young man seeking insight into the mysteries and joys of life in an inhibitory society. --'The Independent'
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"Kattan... brings a first-hand immediacy to his Baghdad memoir
which marks it out as a minor masterpiece of the genre." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
which marks it out as a minor masterpiece of the genre." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My family left Baghdad about 150 years ago. I find it facinating to see the social religious and cultural attitudes that are related in the book, transported to Calcutta India. a good read
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Fairly Interesting
11 May 2009
Format:Paperback
I found this title fairly interesting. It gives a good biographical look at a Jew living in Iraq. No "fireworks" or extremely dramatic stuff, just a good look at the human elements of the situation and some of the hardships encountered.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A creative writer trying to Inform didn't work
3 July 2011
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The author disrupted an interesting and important topic that he is clearly knowledgeable of with his sexual experiences [maybe the theme - Coming to Age?] and his writing style reminded me of a poet trying to write history and embellishing the issues so much that we can not simply enjoy and learn of his experiences.
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