Luke’s Reviews > The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq > Status Update

Everyone staying at the refugee reception center has two stories—the real one and the one for the record. The stories for the record are the ones new refugees tell to obtain the right to humanitarian asylum, written down in the immigration department and preserved in their private files. The real stories remain locked in the hearts of the refugees, for them to mull over in complete secrecy. That's not to say it's...