# An Arab Melancholia

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- Book: [An Arab Melancholia](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellah-taia/an-arab-melancholia) ([An Arab Melancholia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellah-taia/an-arab-melancholia.md))
- Authors: [Abdellah Taïa](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellah-taia), [Frank Stock](https://www.bookquiver.com/frank-stock)
- Publisher: semiotext_e
- ISBN: 978-15-8435-111-5
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2012-03-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An autobiographical portrait of a gay Arab man, living between cultures, seeking an identity through love and writing. I had to rediscover who I was. And that's why I left the apartment.... And there I...