EAN: 9783863913649

IN THE BELLY OF THE QUEEN - KAROSH TAHA KARTONI...

Amal shocks the whole neighbourhood by beating up her classmate Younes. Her father defends her
behaviour and encourages her to assert herself. From then on everyone avoids Amal - and then
her father leaves. Searching in vain for an explanation  Amal finds unexpected refuge with
Younes and his mother Shahira  both outsiders like her. Years later  when the situation comes
to a head and the conflict with Raffiq's gang escalates  Amal flees to Kurdistan to look for
her father.Raffiq's friend Younes is the reluctant centre of attention in their neighbourhood -
thanks to his freespirited mother Shahira  who breaks all the rules. Raffiq thinks about
Shahira all the time  at once fascinated and repulsed by her. Unable to bear the situation any
longer  Younes plans to leave. When Raffiq's girlfriend Amal also wants to move away  Raffiq's
world begins to break apart. He attempts to sabotage their plans. The question is: what does
Raffiq actually want to do with his life? In her kaleidoscopic novel  Karosh Taha expands our
ideas of class  race and gender as she loops two stories around an invisible lynchpin: a woman
who defies all expectations  a blank canvas for projections from all those around her. Deftly
translated by Grashina Gabelmann  the book can be explored from either end  creating two very
different narratives

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