'The Truck to Berlin' is a story of people smuggling. This was my first real experience of Comma's works in translation, and I was very impressed. In the course of organizing the She-Wolf conference, Comma editor Ra Page recommended that I take a look at The Madman of Freedom Square, and especially the story entitled 'The Truck to Berlin'. Until earlier this year, I was more familiar with Comma's anthologies, particularly their excellent horror output ( The New Uncanny and Phobic). For those that don't, Comma is a champion of the short story form - unusual in today's publishing world. For those of us who live in Manchester, Comma represents a real home-grown success story. The collection is uncomprising, sometimes shocking, unnerving and challenging.Īs a Mancunian writer, I am (naturally) a big fan of Comma Press.
The stories span over two decades and explore paranoia, exile, human trafficking, the refugee experience, as well as many other issues. The collection, entitled The Madman of Freedom Square, features a series of surreal and hyperreal stories inspired by the Iraq war, and by the West's troubled relationship with Iraq. In 2009, Comma Press published a collection of short stories by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright.
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