That is where desire seems to lie, and wherebelonging-and melancholia-is to be found in his writing." - Bookforum, "There is light and space in his prose. At times, he uses theellipsis suggestively.bringing out the apertures within and between words and thoughts,eliciting the unbridgeable gap between individuals. Beautiful., "Taia writes from within a distinctly different Arab culture in this passionatenovel about two worlds intersecting." - Pridesource: Between theLines, "There is light and space in his prose. That is where desire seems to lie, and wherebelonging and melancholia is to be found in his writing." - Bookforum, This slim autobiographical novel by an openly gay man who lives between cultures in Egypt and France is the kind of wry, reflective narrative prose that feels like poetry. Part incantation, part polemic, and part love letter, this extraordinary novel creates a new world where the self is effaced by desire and love, and writing is always an act of discovery. The book spans twenty years, moving from Sale, to Paris, to Cairo. Irresistibly charming, angry, and wry, this autobiographical novel traces the emergence of Abdellah Taia's identity as an openly gay Arab man living between cultures. Running is the only way he can stand up to the violence that is his Morocco.
He's running after the Egyptian movie star, Souad Hosni, who's out there somewhere, miles away from this neighborhood-which is a place the teenager both loves and hates, the home at which he is not at home, an environment that will only allow him his identity through the cultural lens of shame and silence. He's running after his dream, his dream to become a movie director. A lower-class teenager is running until he's out of breath. I suddenly saw things with merciless lucidity. I had no more leniency when it came to the Arab world. And there I was, right in the heart of the Arab world, a world that never tired of making the same mistakes over and over. An autobiographical portrait of a gay Arab man, living between cultures, seeking an identity through love and writing.
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