An Unnecessary Woman

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-8021-2294-0
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An Unnecessary Woman is a 2014 novel by the Lebanese American writer Rabih Alameddine. The book was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel focuses on the experiences of an isolated 72-year-old woman, Aaliya Saleh, who is a shut-in in Beirut, exploring how she deals with her changing life.

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This is one of the rare books that got better (to me) the farther I read. I really loved the ending. Mainly, it’s a reading list for those who want to explore world literature, but it’s also a meditation on how one chooses to spend one’s life and whether it’s necessary to make one’s work public or keep it private

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