Out of Mesopotamia - Couverture rigide

Abdoh, Salar

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1617758604 ISBN 13 : 9781617758607

Editeur : Akashic Books,U.S., 2020

Synopsis

Saleh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia, is a middle-aged Iranian journalist who moonlights as a writer for one of Iran's most popular TV shows but cannot keep himself away from the front lines in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. There, the fight against the Islamic State is a proxy war, an existential battle, a declaration of faith, and, for some, a passing weekend affair. After weeks spent dodging RPGs, witnessing acts of savagery and stupidity, Saleh returns to his civilian life of Tehran bookstore readings and trendy art openings and finds it to be an unbearably dislocating experience. Pursued by the woman who broke his heart, his official handler from state security (who wants him for questioning over a suspicious volume of Proust), and the screenwriters with whom he is supposed to be collaborating, Saleh has reason to flee again from everyday life - but not necessarily to discard it. Surrounded by men whose willingness to achieve martyrdom both fascinates and appals him, Saleh struggles to make sense of himself and the turmoil that surrounds him. An unprecedented glimpse into the fight against the Islamic State from a Middle Eastern perspective, Out of Mesopotamia follows in the tradition of the Western 'canon' of martial writers - from Hemingway and Orwell to Tim O'Brien and Kevin Powers - but then subverts and expands upon the genre and form before completely blowing it apart. Drawing from his first-hand experience of being embedded with Shia militias on the ground in Iraq and Syria, Abdoh gives agency to the voiceless while offering a meditation on war that is moving, humane, darkly funny, and resonantly true.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

SALAR ABDOH was born in Iran and splits his time between Tehran and New York City. He is the author of the novels Tehran at Twilight, The Poet Game, and Opium; and he is the editor of Tehran Noir. He teaches in the MFA program at the City College of New York. Out of Mesopotamia is his latest novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Akashic Books,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617758604
• ISBN 13: 9781617758607
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible