Post by mhbruin on Sept 1, 2022 10:13:17 GMT -8
He Wasn't Jane Austen
Saddam Hussein Wrote A Romantic Novel—And The Reviews Aren't Great
Between smoking cigars, decorating his extravagant palaces and ruling Iraq with an iron fist, it seems that the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein also found time to publish at least one work of romantic fiction.
Zabiba and the King, a 160-page allegorical love story set near Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, Iraq, thousands of years ago—and published in 2000—has now been translated into English.
It tells the tale of an Iraqi king, presumably representing Hussein, and a villager named Zabiba, intended to represent the Iraqi people.
A synopsis of the book reveals that Zabiba is married to a cruel and unloving husband, designed to represent the United States. It alleges that the villager's husband "forces himself upon her against her will," an allusion to the U.S. invasion of Iraq during First Gulf War.
We Are Still Waiting For Putin, Kim Jung Un, and Previous Guy to Match This
Saddam Hussein Wrote A Romantic Novel—And The Reviews Aren't Great
Between smoking cigars, decorating his extravagant palaces and ruling Iraq with an iron fist, it seems that the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein also found time to publish at least one work of romantic fiction.
Zabiba and the King, a 160-page allegorical love story set near Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, Iraq, thousands of years ago—and published in 2000—has now been translated into English.
It tells the tale of an Iraqi king, presumably representing Hussein, and a villager named Zabiba, intended to represent the Iraqi people.
A synopsis of the book reveals that Zabiba is married to a cruel and unloving husband, designed to represent the United States. It alleges that the villager's husband "forces himself upon her against her will," an allusion to the U.S. invasion of Iraq during First Gulf War.
We Are Still Waiting For Putin, Kim Jung Un, and Previous Guy to Match This