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The Man Without Illness
De man zonder ziekte
Arnon Grunberg (born 1971)
Translated by Sam Garrett
English editions
English soonThe Man Without Illness
Open Letter · United States · 24 February 2027 · Paperback · 222 pages
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A refugee from Iraq, now working for a vague consultancy in London, decides that an opera house would prove the war in Iraq was won, and hires a Zurich practice to design one. The job goes to Samarendra Ambani, Sam, born to a Swiss mother and an Indian father. Because his sister is severely disabled, his health has always defined him. Sam believes architecture quietly makes people happier, but in Baghdad he is arrested as a spy, beaten and sent home damaged. Undeterred, he accepts a new commission in Dubai: a library that doubles as a shelter, where suspicion soon falls on him again.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 221 pages in the original
- Genres
- Politics, Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iraq, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
- First published
- 2012 by Nijgh & Van Ditmar
- Author's age
- 41 when first published
- ISBN
9789038894836 (original)
9781960385628 (Open Letter, United States)
- More
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