The man in blue pyjamas : a prison memoir / Jalal Barzanji ; based on translation by Sabah A. Salih.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barzanji, Jalal, author.

Contributor:

Salih, Sabah A., translator.

Series:

Wayfarer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barzanji, Jalal.

Political refugees--Canada--Biography.

Political refugees.

Poets, Kurdish--Iraq--Kurdistān--Biography.

Poets, Kurdish.

Kurds--Iraq--Biography.

Kurds.

Political prisoners--Iraq--Kurdistān--Biography.

Political prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : The University of Alberta Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The style of my book must be in small pieces, as my life has been in pieces. (Jalal Barzanji) From 1986 to 1988 poet and journalist Jalal Barzanji endured imprisonment and torture under Saddam Hussein's regime because of his literary and journalistic achievements-writing that openly explores themes of peace, democracy, and freedom. It was not until 1998, when he and his family took refuge in Canada, that he was able to consider speaking out fully on these topics. Still, due to economic necessity, Barzanji's dream of writing had to wait until he was named Edmonton's first Writer-in-Exile in 2007. This literary memoir is the project Barzanji worked on while Writer-in-Exile, and it is the first translation of his work from Kurdish into English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The First Stage of Imprisonment

2. Early Childhood in the Age of the Village

3. A City Boy

4. A World of Words

5. Life in Prison

6. Fear in a Different Form

7. Searching for a New Beginning

8. Another Attempt at Starting Over

Chronology

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-88864-784-0

OCLC:

1100386923