''Scattered Crumbs'': is a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

written by the Iraqi author Muhsin al-Ramli. Al-Ramli's first novel, ''Scattered Crumbs'' (''al-Fatit al-mubaʿthar''), was published in Arabic in 2000, and its 2003 English translation received the Arabic Translation Award from the University of Arkansas Press. Set in an Iraqi village during the

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

war, ''Scattered Crumbs'' critiques a totalitarian dictatorship through the stories of an impoverished peasant family. A father, a fierce supporter of Saddam Hussein clashes with his artist son, who loves his homeland but finds himself literally unable to paint the Leader's portrait for his father's wall.

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Review / Scattered Crumbs / Family Matters / by Harold Braswell
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from Scattered Crumbs by Muhsin Al-Ramli

Scattered Crumbs, in Books.google.es
Arabic-language novels 2000 novels Iraqi novels Novels set in Iraq