The true true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother) / Rabih Alameddine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alameddine, Rabih, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy teachers--Fiction.

Philosophy teachers.

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Mothers and sons.

Kidnapping victims--Fiction.

Kidnapping victims.

Stockholm syndrome--Fiction.

Stockholm syndrome.

Recollection (Psychology)--Fiction.

Recollection (Psychology).

Boundaries (Psychology)--Fiction.

Boundaries (Psychology).

Beirut (Lebanon)--Fiction.

Beirut (Lebanon).

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Gay fiction.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

326 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2025.

Summary:

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.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Alameddine, Rabih True true story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother)

ISBN:

9780802166470

0802166474

OCLC:

1528565572