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An unnecessary woman / Rabih Alameddine.
"Aaliya Sohbi lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family's 'unnecessary appendage.' Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been read-- by anyone. After overhearing her neighbors, 'the three witches, ' discussing her too-white hair, Aaliya accidentally dyes her hair too blue. In this breathtaking portrait of a reclusive woman's late-life crisis, readers follow Aaliya's digressive mind as it ricochets across visions of past and present Beirut. Colorful musings on literature, philosophy, and art are invaded by memories of the Lebanese Civil War and Aaliya's own volatile past. As she tries to overcome her aging body and spontaneous emotional upwellings, Aaliya is faced with an unthinkable disaster that threatens to shatter the little life she has left"-- from publisher's web site.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802122148
- ISBN: 0802122140
- Physical Description: 291 pages (hardcover) ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc., [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
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| Subject: | Recluses > Lebanon > Beirut > Fiction. Women > Lebanon > Beirut > Fiction. Beirut (Lebanon) > Fiction. Recluses > Fiction. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Cultural Heritage. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams PL Sys. - Geneva Branch | FIC ALAMEDD UNN (Text) | 34207001901157 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexandria-Monroe PL - Alexandria | F ALA (Text) | 37521530474297 | AMPL Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | FIC ALAMEDDINE (Text) | 33118000162620 | Adult: General Fiction | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | FIC ALAMEDDINE, RABIH (Text) | 33946002854284 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Webster Comm. PL - North Webster | ALA Fic. (Text) | 72436000120805 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Porter County PL - South Haven Public Library | ALAME (Text) | 33410012694875 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| West Lafayette PL - West Lafayette | FIC ALA (Text) | 31951004242209 | Main Floor - Fiction | Available | - |
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