Misleading in size and the simplicity of its prose, Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail is brutal in its exploration of political violence towards women and the normalisation and erasure of this when it comes to national memorialisation, writes Selin Genc.
Extract: "To paraphrase Susan Sontag: each memory is irreproducible and dies with the individual. So what is left in its place, especially when subjected to systematic erasure and constant silencing? Distorted and obstructed histories veil over lived reality. Collective memory is constituted by flickering mirages in the horizon as past and ongoing violence seem equally unreal. "
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