My Father Returned from the Warfront on the Back of a Rhinoceros

Hasan Falih  |  Creative and Critical Writings  |  2026  |  Iraq
This collection of short stories centers on a man in his mid-seventies living with Alzheimer’s. His condition becomes a metaphor for a deeper struggle as it alters his memory, behavior, and worldview. He begins to forget recent everyday events while retaining vivid, precise memories of the distant past, particularly what he experienced during war.