The angel of history, a novel, Rabih Alameddine
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The angel of history, a novel, Rabih Alameddine
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The angel of history
Oclc number
939426787
Responsibility statement
Rabih Alameddine
Sub title
a novel
Summary
"Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, [this book] 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"--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
general
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