Unnecessary Woman
Unnecessary Woman Winner of the California Book AwardFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist for the National Book Award "Beautiful and absorbing."--New York TimesAn Unnecessary…
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Unnecessary Woman
Winner of the California Book AwardFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist for the National Book Award "Beautiful and absorbing."--New York TimesAn 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). 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. Aaliya's insightful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and her volatile past.
Here, the gifted Rabih Alameddine has given us a nuanced rendering of one woman's life in the Middle East and an