{"id":11611,"date":"2022-11-28T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T08:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11611"},"modified":"2022-12-19T05:32:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T03:32:35","slug":"we-read-discuss-out-of-mesopotamia-the-novel-by-salar-abdoh-and-meet-the-author","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/event\/we-read-discuss-out-of-mesopotamia-the-novel-by-salar-abdoh-and-meet-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"We Read\/Discuss <em>Out of Mesopotamia<\/em>, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/isis-and-the-absurdity-of-war-in-the-age-of-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Out of Mesopotamia<\/em><\/a>, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion takes place, with the author, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1 pm Eastern\/19:00 CET.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine getting into Iraq and Syria as an observer of the war on ISIS, and yet very soon after you\u2019ve been close enough to RPGs to smell the explosion and feel the ground shake, you find yourself back in your old life, giving literary readings at swank bookstores in cities at peace, or attending highbrow academic conferences where nobody\u2019s dying, except perhaps bored audience members. Juxtaposing the two realities \u2014 one savage and ridiculous, the other sane and predictable \u2014 is what the author is after in\u00a0<em>Out of Mesopotamia<\/em>.&#8221; \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/isis-and-the-absurdity-of-war-in-the-age-of-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Proett<\/a>, The Markaz Review<\/p>\n<p>To join the group, email\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books-at-themarkaz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books@themarkaz.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salar_Abdoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salar Abdoh<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an Iranian novelist and essayist who divides much of his time between New York and Tehran. He is the author of the novels<i>\u00a0Poet Game\u00a0<\/i>(2000),<i>\u00a0Opium<\/i>\u00a0(2004),\u00a0<i>Tehran At Twilight<\/i>\u00a0(2014), and\u00a0<i>Out of Mesopotamia\u00a0<\/i>(2020) and the editor and translator of the anthology\u00a0<a title=\"Tehran Noir (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Tehran_Noir&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Tehran Noir<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(2014). He also teaches in the graduate program in Creative Writing at the City College of New York at the City University of New York. Abdoh seeks to help Iran re-engage with the Arab world and convey more of Iranian culture to the west. Salar Abdoh at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/462415.Salar_Abdoh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is\u00a0Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). 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