Bibliograph

I'm in Seattle, where are you?, Mortada Gzar ; translated by William Hutchins

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I'm in Seattle, where are you?, Mortada Gzar ; translated by William Hutchins

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

autobiographymemoirs

Main title

I'm in Seattle, where are you?

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Oclc number

1240182042

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Mortada Gzar ; translated by William Hutchins

Summary

As the US occupation of Iraq rages, novelist Mortada Gzar, a student at the University of Baghdad, has a chance encounter with Morise, an African American soldier. It's love at first sight, a threat to them both, and a moment of self-discovery. Challenged by society's rejection and Morise's return to the US, Mortada takes to the page to understand himself. In his deeply affecting memoir, Mortada interweaves tales of his childhood work as a scrap-metal collector in a war zone and the indignities faced by openly gay artists in Iraq with his impossible love story and journey to the US. Marginalized by his own society, he is surprised to discover the racism he finds in a new one

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