You exist too much

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A “provocative and seductive debut” of desire and doubleness that follows the life of a young Palestinian American woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities as she endeavors to lead an authentic life (O, The Oprah Magazine).

On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12–year–old Palestinian–American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity. She has exposed her legs in a biblical city, an act they deem forbidden, and their judgement will echo on through her adolescence. When our narrator finally admits to her mother that she is queer, her mother’s response only intensifies a sense of shame: “You exist too much,” she tells her daughter.

Told in vignettes that flash between the U.S. and the Middle East—from New York to Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine—Zaina Arafat’s debut novel traces her protagonist’s progress from blushing teen to sought–after DJ and aspiring writer. In Brooklyn, she moves into an apartment with her first serious girlfriend and tries to content herself with their comfortable relationship. But soon her longings, so closely hidden during her teenage years, explode out into reckless romantic encounters and obsessions with other people. Her desire to thwart her own destructive impulses will eventually lead her to The Ledge, an unconventional treatment center that identifies her affliction as “love addiction.” In this strange, enclosed society she will start to consider the unnerving similarities between her own internal traumas and divisions and those of the places that have formed her.

Opening up the fantasies and desires of one young woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities, You Exist Too Much is a captivating story charting two of our most intense longings—for love, and a place to call home.

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You Exist Too Much

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deeply compelling sexy roxane gay takes you on a dizzying tour of love addiction rehab homophobia betrayal obsession and the aching need for a mother s unconditional love at different times throughout you ll find the protagonist needy reckless and selfish but also smart intuitive and Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

You Exist Too Much

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Set between the us and the middle east this is an electrifying coming of age story about love identity and sexual desire against the backdrop of traditional values and religious views you exist too much takes you on a dizzying tour of love addiction rehab homophobia betrayal obsession and th Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

We Have Always Been Here

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A powerful uplifting queer muslim memoir by a young pakistani canadian activist and photographer triumphant and uplifting a queer muslim memoir about forgiveness and freedom revolutionary mona eltahawy exquisite powerful and urgent stacey may fowles i fell in love with this book shani Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 08 juni 2021

Aantal pagina's: 272

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Zaina Arafat

Tweede Auteur: Zaina Arafat

Hoofduitgeverij: Catapult

Product breedte: 139 mm

Product hoogte: 18 mm

Product lengte: 209 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 140 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm

Verpakking lengte: 208 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 533 g

EAN: 9781646220595

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