I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters, Paperback/Rabih Alameddine
Descriere
Contributor(s):Author: Rabih Alameddine"Alameddine's new novel unfolds like a secret... creating a tale...humorous and heartbreaking and always real" (Los Angeles Times). " W]ith each new approach, Sarah] sheds another layer of her pretension, revealing another truth about her humanity" (San Francisco Weekly). Raised in a hybrid family shaped by divorce and remarriage, and by Beirut in wartime, Sarah finds a fragile peace in self-imposed exile in the United States. Her extraordinary dignity is supported by a best friend, a grown-up son, occasional sensual pleasures, and her determination to tell her own story. "Like her narrative, Sarah's] life is broken and fragmented. But] the bright, strange, often startling pieces...are moving and memorable" (Boston Globe). Reading group guide included.
Despre autor
Rabih Alameddine este un pictor și scriitor libanez. Romanul său din 2021, The Wrong End of the Telescope, a câștigat Premiul PEN/Faulkner pentru Ficțiune în 2022. A câștigat, de asemenea, Premiul National Book Award pentru Ficțiune în 2025 pentru romanul său The True True Story of Raja the Gullible.