*SIGNED* The Angle of History by Rabih Alameddine - First Edition

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ISBN
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
080212576X
ISBN-13
9780802125767
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309472264

Product Key Features

Book Title
Angel of History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Psychological, Cultural Heritage, Lgbt / Gay, Literary, Medical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Rabih Alameddine
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-018029
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Praise for The Angel of History : "An elegy for a lost generation of gay men [and] a structurally inventive bildungsroman . . . The Angel of History marks the triumph of memory over oblivion." -- Bookforum "In the spirit of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical masterpiece The Master and Margarita , Rabih Alameddine conjures an elegiac comedy with aplomb, his incantations rich with sincerity and irreverence . . . Alameddine is an entrancing storyteller, imbuing the quotidian with magnificence and undermining solemnity with sauciness . . . The Angel of History is outstanding, a novel that leaves a lasting mark." -- Shelf Awareness "Alameddine brilliantly captures [the protagonist] Jacob's mind as it leaps between memory and the present." -- Publishers Weekly "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for The Angel of History : "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for The Angel of History : "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review), Praise for The Angel of History : "An elegy for a lost generation of gay men [and] a structurally inventive bildungsroman . . . The Angel of History marks the triumph of memory over oblivion." -- Bookforum "In the spirit of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical masterpiece The Master and Margarita , Rabih Alameddine conjures an elegiac comedy with aplomb, his incantations rich with sincerity and irreverence . . . Alameddine is an entrancing storyteller, imbuing the quotidian with magnificence and undermining solemnity with sauciness . . . The Angel of History is outstanding, a novel that leaves a lasting mark." -- Shelf Awareness "How does the mind grapple with transition, change, loneliness, and deterioration? Alameddine's body of work is an extended meditation on this central question . . . With humor and wit, Alameddine reconfigures the self in exile and all its implications." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Alameddine brilliantly captures [the protagonist] Jacob's mind as it leaps between memory and the present." -- Publishers Weekly "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for The Angel of History : "An elegy for a lost generation of gay men [and] a structurally inventive bildungsroman . . . The Angel of History marks the triumph of memory over oblivion." -- Bookforum "The narrative spans every corner of the globe to reveal a razor-sharp mind in turmoil, reflecting a wider consciousness of the social unrest around him." -- Harper's Bazaar online " The Angel of History takes place in a single day, but it reads like an epic . . . a sprawling fever dream of a novel, by turns beautiful and horrifying, and impossible to forget . . . Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination . . . [his] writing is so beautiful, so exuberant . . . When Alameddine aims for the heart, he doesn't miss, and he hits hard . . . The Angel of History 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 "A remarkable novel, a commentary of love and death, creativity and spirituality, memory and survival . . . brilliant . . . [it] hits an emotional nerve." -- Los Angeles Review of Books "Excellent, lissome . . . the novel is a work of social and cultural memorialization . . . The Angel of History suggests that to be alienated--from past love and from the past itself--is to open the door to memory and creation . . . to read Alameddine's prose is to see loss, if not mastered, then at least made into lively and living art." -- San Francisco Chronicle "[An] attempt to remember, as well as to survive." -- Guardian "In the spirit of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical masterpiece The Master and Margarita , Rabih Alameddine conjures an elegiac comedy with aplomb, his incantations rich with sincerity and irreverence . . . Alameddine is an entrancing storyteller, imbuing the quotidian with magnificence and undermining solemnity with sauciness . . . The Angel of History is outstanding, a novel that leaves a lasting mark." -- Shelf Awareness "How does the mind grapple with transition, change, loneliness, and deterioration? Alameddine's body of work is an extended meditation on this central question . . . With humor and wit, Alameddine reconfigures the self in exile and all its implications." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Alameddine brilliantly captures [the protagonist] Jacob's mind as it leaps between memory and the present." -- Publishers Weekly "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for The Angel of History : "Alameddine brilliantly captures [the protagonist] Jacob's mind as it leaps between memory and the present." -- Publishers Weekly "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews, Praise for The Angel of History : "An elegy for a lost generation of gay men [and] a structurally inventive bildungsroman . . . The Angel of History marks the triumph of memory over oblivion." -- Bookforum "The narrative spans every corner of the globe to reveal a razor-sharp mind in turmoil, reflecting a wider consciousness of the social unrest around him." -- Harper's Bazaar online "In the spirit of Mikhail Bulgakov's satirical masterpiece The Master and Margarita , Rabih Alameddine conjures an elegiac comedy with aplomb, his incantations rich with sincerity and irreverence . . . Alameddine is an entrancing storyteller, imbuing the quotidian with magnificence and undermining solemnity with sauciness . . . The Angel of History is outstanding, a novel that leaves a lasting mark." -- Shelf Awareness "How does the mind grapple with transition, change, loneliness, and deterioration? Alameddine's body of work is an extended meditation on this central question . . . With humor and wit, Alameddine reconfigures the self in exile and all its implications." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Alameddine brilliantly captures [the protagonist] Jacob's mind as it leaps between memory and the present." -- Publishers Weekly "In this provocative portrait of a man in crisis, masterful storyteller Alameddine takes on some of the most wrenching conflicts of the day." -- Booklist (starred review) "Alameddine is excellent at weaving literary references into his storytelling . . . A feverish portrait of a mind in crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
"There are many ways to break someone's heart, but Rabih Alameddine is one rare writer who not only breaks our hearts but gives every broken piece a new life."--Yiyun Li Following the critical and commercial success of An Unnecessary Woman , Alameddine delivers a spectacular portrait of a man and an era of profound political and social upheaval. Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, 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. "Rabih Alameddine is one our most daring writers--daring not in the cheap sense of lurid or racy, but as a surgeon, a philosopher, an explorer, or a dancer."--Michael Chabon
LC Classification Number
PS3551.L215A83 2016

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