The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)
by
Alameddine, Rabih, author.
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The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)
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Alameddine, Rabih, author.
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Book
Abstract
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In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and "the neighborhood 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.-- Publisher's description.
Subject
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Philosophy teachers -- Fiction.
Gay men -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.
Stockholm syndrome -- Fiction.
Recollection (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Boundaries (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Mères et fils -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Victimes d'enlèvement -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Syndrome de Stockholm -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Rappel (Psychologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Frontières du moi -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Beirut (Lebanon) -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Gay fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Romans.
Romans homosexuels.
Summary
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In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and "the neighborhood 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.--
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| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Material Type | Shelf Location | Status |
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| Sierra Vista Public Library | F ALAMEDDINE | 39315002655808 | New book | New Fiction | Due 12/22/25 |