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Guapa by Saleem Haddad

A debut novel that tells the story of Rasa, a young gay man coming of age in the Middle East
 
Set over the course of twenty-four hours, Guapa follows Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, as he tries to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and social upheaval. Rasa spends his days translating for Western journalists and pining for the nights when he can sneak his lover, Taymour, into his room. One night Rasa's grandmother -- the woman who raised him -- catches them in bed together. The following day Rasa is consumed by the search for his best friend Maj, a fiery activist and drag queen star of the underground bar, Guapa, who has been arrested by the police. Ashamed to go home and face his grandmother, and reeling from the potential loss of the three most important people in his life, Rasa roams the city's slums and prisons, the lavish weddings of the country's elite, and the bars where outcasts and intellectuals drink to a long-lost revolution. Each new encounter leads him closer to confronting his own identity, as he revisits his childhood and probes the secrets that haunt his family. As Rasa confronts the simultaneous collapse of political hope and his closest personal relationships, he is forced to discover the roots of his alienation and try to re-emerge into a society that may never accept him.

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Saleem Haddad, the son of a Lebanese-Palestinian father and an Iraqi-German mother, was born in Kuwait City in 1983 and educated in Jordan, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He has worked with Doctors Without Borders in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, and now lives in London, where he advises on the participation of refugees, women, and young people in the Arab Spring's transition and peace processes.

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ISBN 13 9781590517697
ISBN 10 1590517695
Title Guapa
Author Saleem Haddad
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Other Press LLC
Year published 2016-03-08
Number of pages 360
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.