{"product_id":"the-angel-of-history-paperback","title":"The Angel of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRabih Alameddine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this \"sprawling fever dream of a novel\" by the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, \u003ci\u003eThe Angel of History\u003c\/i\u003e follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life. His memories take him 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by an alluring, sassy Satan, who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past, and by dour, frigid Death, who urges him to forget and give up on life, Jacob is also attended to by fourteen saints. With Jacob recalling his life in Cairo, Beirut, Sana'a, Stockholm, and San Francisco, Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrayal of a brilliant mind in crisis. This is a profound story that \"marks the triumph of memory over oblivion\" (\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabih Alameddine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAn Unnecessary Woman\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI, the Divine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKoolaids\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Hakawati\u003c\/i\u003e; and the story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Perv\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44071481770118,"sku":"9780802127198","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/2iBN8e_x5K9780802127198.webp?v=1781577466","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/the-angel-of-history-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}