BOOKS FROM JORDANThe True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
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"In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and 'the neighborhood homosexual,' Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son's desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja's work life and love life, boundaries be damned. When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn't be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja longing for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to forget." --
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(5 months ago) |
03 Jan, 2026
This book is set in Labanon, not Jordan.
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(5 months ago) |
03 Jan, 2026
@Adiaha Spinks-Franklin Thanks for the feedback. I have updated the listing to Lebanon.
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