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An unnecessary woman, a novel, Rabih Alameddine

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An unnecessary woman, a novel, Rabih Alameddine
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
An unnecessary woman
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Oclc number
890482922
Responsibility statement
Rabih Alameddine
Series statement
BrillianceAudio on compact disc
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Aaliya Saleh lives alone in her Beirut apartment. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, she is her family's ₁unnecessary appendage₂. Follow her digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on the arts are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her physical and emotional weakness, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left
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