Opening book details…
Can I read The Angel of History : a Novel on EtoBox?
The Angel of History : a Novel by Alameddine, Rabih, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Angel of History : a Novel about?
294 pages ; 22 cm, 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.\"-M
Who reads The Angel of History : a Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Alameddine, Rabih, author
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Grove Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802127198
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (130 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14