The angel of history : a novel
Alameddine, Rabih2016
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'The Angel of History' follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life, from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father and his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS. Hovered over by the presence of alluring, sassy Satan who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past and dour, frigid Death who urges him to forget and give up on life, Jacob is also attended to by 14 saints. Set in Cairo and Beirut; Sana'a, Stockholm, and San Francisco; Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrait of a brilliant mind in crisis.
Main title:
The angel of history : a novel / Rabih Alameddine.
Author:
Alameddine, Rabih, author
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2016.
Collation:
294 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Grove Atlantic.
ISBN:
9781472152374 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3551.L215
Local class:
FTF
Language:
English
BRN:
1661390
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