{"product_id":"salvation-army-9781584350705","title":"Salvation Army","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn autobiographical coming-of-age novel by the the \"only gay man\" in Morocco.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn autobiographical novel by turn na ve and cunning, funny and moving, this most recent work by Moroccan expatriate Abdellah Ta a is a major addition to the new French literature emerging from the North African Arabic diaspora. \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army \u003c\/i\u003eis a coming-of-age novel that tells the story of Ta a's life with complete disclosure--from a childhood bound by family order and latent (homo)sexual tensions in the poor city of Sal , through an adolescence in Tangier charged by the young writer's attraction to his eldest brother, to a disappointing arrival in the Western world to study in Geneva in adulthood. In so doing, \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e manages to burn through the author's first-person singularity to embody the complex m lange of fear and desire projected by Arabs on Western culture. Recently hailed by his native country's press as \"the first Moroccan to have the courage to publicly assert his difference,\" Ta a, through his calmly transgressive work, has \"outed\" himself as \"the only gay man\" in a country whose theocratic law still declares homosexuality a crime. The persistence of prejudices on all sides of the Mediterranean and Atlantic makes the translation of Ta a's work both a literary and political event. The arrival of \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e (published in French in 2006) in English will be welcomed by an American audience already familiar with a growing cadre of talented Arab writers working in French (including Muhammad Dib, Assia Djebar, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelkebir Khatibi, and Katib Yasin). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Semiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584350705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2008 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abdellah Taia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935615815861,"sku":"9781584350705","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_acd2ad93-ae41-4981-ae38-0a40794a2457.jpg?v=1688490616","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salvation-army-9781584350705","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}