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An Unnecessary Woman

A Novel

Rabih Alameddine
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Pages
306
Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Grove Press

About

Aaliya's insightful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and her volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left. Here, the gifted Rabih Alameddine has given us a nuanced rendering of one woman's life in the Middle East and an enduring ode to literature and its power to define who we are.

Related Subjects

  • Literary
  • Adult Fiction
  • Psychological
  • Women
  • Cultural Heritage

Reviews

"Beautiful and absorbing."
New York Times
"An Unnecessary Woman is a breathtaking portrait of one reclusive woman's late-life crisis, which garnered a wave of rave reviews and love letters to Alameddine's cranky yet charming septuagenarian protagonist, Aaliya, a character you can't help but love."
NPR
"A paean to the transformative power of reading, to the intellectual asylum from one's circumstances found in the life of the mind."
LA Review of Books

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Rabih AlameddineAuthor

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