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02393aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 E7ACC794F32A11EA95F7193D42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20200910010011 008 200214s2020 nyub 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2020935751 020 $a 1617758604 020 $a 9781617758607 035 $a (OCoLC)1140371920 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d DYJ $d CDX $d NZAUC $d SO$ $d SILO 100 1 $a Abdoh, Salar, $e author. 245 10 $a Out of Mesopotamia / $c by Salar Abdoh. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, New York : $b Akashic Books, $c [2020] 300 $a 237 pages : $b maps ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Subtitle from cover. 500 $a Maps on endpapers. 520 $a "Saleh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia, 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 neighboring 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. Pursued by the woman who broke his heart, his official handler from state security (who wants him for questioning over a suspicious volume of Proust), and the screenwriters with whom he is supposed to be collaborating, Saleh has reason to flee again from everyday life--but not necessarily to discard it. Surrounded by men whose willingness to achieve martyrdom both fascinates and appalls him, Saleh struggles to make sense of himself and the turmoil that surrounds him."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Journalists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Television writers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a War and society $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Syria $x Social conditions $y 21st century $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Iraq $x Social conditions $y 21st century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a War fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Social problem fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 4 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210910010403.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201113010042.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201103013018.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20201103011255.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E7ACC794F32A11EA95F7193D42ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search