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The Resource Guapa, Saleem Haddad

Guapa, Saleem Haddad

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Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
358 pages
Isbn
9781590517697
Instance
Label
Guapa
Title
Guapa
Statement of responsibility
Saleem Haddad
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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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Haddad, Saleem
Dewey number
823/.92
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR6108.A34
LC item number
L37 2016
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Gay men
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Self-actualization (Psychology)
  • Arab countries
Label
Guapa, Saleem Haddad
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn911171837
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
358 pages
Isbn
9781590517697
Lccn
2015039123
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o911171837
  • (OCoLC)911171837
Label
Guapa, Saleem Haddad
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn911171837
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
358 pages
Isbn
9781590517697
Lccn
2015039123
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o911171837
  • (OCoLC)911171837

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