An Unnecessary Woman

Name: An Unnecessary Woman
Author: Rabih Alameddine

by Rabih Alameddine

Widow finds solace through reading literature while confined to Beirut apartment

Find on Amazon

About the author

Rabih Alameddine

Lebanese-American novelist whose An Unnecessary Woman is a celebrated literary portrait of an aging Beirut woman who translates world literature. His fiction explores Lebanese war and diaspora with wit and erudition. He is one of the most celebrated Arab-American literary voices.

More by Rabih Alameddine

KoolaidsInterconnected stories of men dying of AIDS in Beirut during civil war
I, the DivineFragmented narrative of woman's rebellion against identity and societal expectations
The HakawatiDying grandfather narrates generations of Arab family stories from hospital bed
The Wrong End of the TelescopeWoman reconstructs identity through visual images and fragmented autobiography
The Angel of HistoryInterconnected stories of desire, spirituality and survival amid Middle Eastern conflict