The true true story of Raja the gullible (and his mother)
Alameddine, Rabih2026
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In a tiny Beirut apartment, 63-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and 'the neighbourhood homosexual', Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son's desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja's work life and love life, boundaries be damned. When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn't be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja longing for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to forget.
Main title:
The true true story of Raja the gullible (and his mother) / Rabih Alameddine.
Author:
Alameddine, Rabih, author
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2026.
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781472160515 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1851947