{"product_id":"the-angel-of-history-9780802127198","title":"The Angel of History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Northern California Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, and the Arab American Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An elegy for a lost generation of gay men [and] a structurally inventive bildungsroman . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Angel of History\u003c\/em\u003e marks the triumph of memory over oblivion.\" --\u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A sprawling fever dream of a novel, by turns beautiful and horrifying, and impossible to forget . . . When Alameddine aims for the heart, he doesn't miss, and he hits hard . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Angel of History\u003c\/em\u003e isn't just a brilliant novel, it's a heartfelt cry in the dark, a reminder that we can never forget our past, the friends and family we've loved and lost. It's a raw love letter from those who survived a plague to those who didn't.\" --NPR.org\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom National Book Award finalist Rabih Alameddine, \u003cem\u003eThe Angel of History\u003c\/em\u003e follows Yemeni-born Jacob as he revisits his life over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic. We see 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. All the while, Jacob is taunted mercilessly by the presence of alluring Satan, who urges remember his painful past and dour Death who urges him to forget and give up. Set in Cairo and Beirut; Sana'a, Stockholm, and San Francisco; this is a profound and winning story of the war between memory and oblivion and a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of deep political and social upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A remarkable novel, a commentary of love and death, creativity and spirituality, memory and survival . . . brilliant . . . [it] hits an emotional nerve.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Laced with literary references . . . a kaleidoscopic storytelling style, and philosophical humor.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662267060498,"sku":"9780802127198","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4371df09-1502-4764-bac9-d5cd12329ff1.jpg?v=1763537720","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-angel-of-history-9780802127198","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}