Out of Mesopotamia
Abdoh, Salar2022
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Saleh is a middle-aged Iranian journalist who moonlights as a writer for one of Iran's most popular TV shows but cannot keep himself away from the front lines in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. There, the fight against the Islamic State is a proxy war, an existential battle, a declaration of faith, and, for some, a passing weekend affair. After weeks spent dodging RPGs, witnessing acts of savagery and stupidity, Saleh returns to his civilian life of Tehran bookstore readings and trendy art openings and finds it to be an unbearably dislocating experience.
Main title:
Out of Mesopotamia / Salar Abdoh.
Author:
Abdoh, Salar, author
Imprint:
New York : Akashic Books, 2022.
Collation:
240 pages
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.
ISBN:
9781636140322 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3339055