{"product_id":"on-confused-love-and-other-maged-zaher-9781633981539","title":"On Confused Love and Other Damages","description":"\u003cp\u003eChatwin is thrilled to announce Maged Zaher's first published work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eOn Confused Love and Other Damages, \u003c\/em\u003ehis new short novella of love, longing, confusion, getting fired... and derangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSitting across from his boss, Ramy was not sure what to feel. He was always not sure what to feel, but getting fired for the first time in his life, opened up a new territory for him to be not sure what to feel about.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRamy, half an hour earlier could have been described as: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn immigrant.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA poet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Vice President of an average Seattle software company.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn immigrant is someone who is mired in departures. A more neutral way to express an immigrant's departures is to say \"false starts.\" An immigrant's birth in a different country is the first of these false starts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Confused Love and Other Damages \u003c\/em\u003eis the first published work of fiction by noted poet Maged Zaher. This novella follows Zaher's alter-ego, Ramy Keddis, as he is laid off from a high level tech job and fumbles through disjointed romances and conflicting ideologies. Ramy feels as torn between two cultures as he is between two lovers, somehow always caught awkwardly nowhere in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maged Zaher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633981533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633981539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatwin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Maged Zaher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173270089983,"sku":"9781633981539","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d3b71f-e8a6-4bee-9fb3-0cbf2777be8d.jpg?v=1689791911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-confused-love-and-other-maged-zaher-9781633981539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}