false 3994659 4 <strong>“[A] dark and uncompromising vision. [<em>Cockroach</em>] offers a version of an émigré underground which is original, raw and brave.”—Colm Tóibín</strong> <em>Cockroach</em> takes place during one month of a bitterly cold winter in Montreal’s restless immigrant community, where a self-described “thief” has just tried but failed to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree in a local park. Rescued against his will, the narrator is obliged to attend sessions with a well-intentioned but naïve therapist. This sets the story in motion, leading us back to the narrator’s violent childhood in a war-torn country, forward into his current life in the smoky émigré cafés, and out into the frozen nighttime streets of Montreal. Bold, haunting, and emotionally trenchant, <em>Cockroach</em> is a powerful story of immigrant experience, indignation, and unrelenting fortitude. 4040733 21 7 2008 Cockroach total:59|5:9|4:21|3:22|2:3|1:4| 59 205 153 16 4 4 false false Tue Aug 05 10:44:25 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 05:22:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 20:39:35 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:55:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 12:57:36 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 17:51:50 -0700 2009 To be “part human, part cockroach” seems like a disturbingly profound and wild idea, but in Rawi Hage’s novel, Cockroach , that identity is illuminated within a troubled unnamed character that struggles between his own dark past and the unwelcoming society of poorer Montreal. Without having re...

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