Rabih Alameddine
Rabih Alameddine
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Rabih Alameddine is a painter and writer born in 1959. He is the author of several books including An Unnecessary Woman and The Hakawati. He currently splits his time between San Francisco and Beirut.
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Rabih Alameddine received the National Book Award for Fiction for "An Unnecessary Woman" and the Prix Femina Étranger for "The Wrong End of the Telescope." He was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
A good starting point for new readers is "An Unnecessary Woman," which offers a strong introduction to his characteristic style and thematic concerns through the story of an elderly Lebanese woman reflecting on her life and literature.