An edition of The Angel of History (2016)

Angel of History

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Angel of History
Rabih Alameddine
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An edition of The Angel of History (2016)

Angel of History

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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. This is a profound, philosophical and hilariously winning story of the war between memory and oblivion we wrestle with every day of our lives.

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Cover of: Angel of History
Angel of History
2017, Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Corsair
in English
Cover of: Angel of History
Angel of History
2016, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: Angel of History
Angel of History
2016, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: The Angel of History
The Angel of History: a novel
2016, Atlantic Monthly Press
Hardcover in English - First edition.
Cover of: Angel of History
Angel of History
2016, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: Angel of History
Angel of History
2016, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English

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OL33555290M
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9781472152367

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