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A timely and urgent inquiry by one of global literatures leading lights
In this concisely argued and illuminating book, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine takes the subject of politics and art head-on, questioning the very premise of dividing these two pillars of culture into an either/or proposition. He reveals how a political dimension enlarges a work of art rather than making it less beautiful or reducing it to a polemic, as we are so often and carelessly taught. But he also ponders what makes art political to begin with: how essential is the artists conscious political intent, and what does the reader or viewer contribute to the works political capability or significance? In exploring these questions, Alameddine engages intensely with his role as an immigrant and a gay author writing inside a globally dominant, often oblivious culture, and invokes the work of numerous writers, from Tayeb Salih and Aleksandar Hemon to Teju Cole and Salman Rushdie, who also struggle to be heard as something more than an other. The book features throughout Alameddines brilliantly relatable voiceshrewd, humorous, challenging, and as honest about his own limitations as he is about his passions.
Author: Rabih Alameddine
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 10/22/2024
Series: Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-In-Residence Lectures
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.60w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780813952512
Language: English
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