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A review by art_and_bibliophilia
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
5.0
The quintessential book lovers' book!
You could say I was thinking of other things when I shampooed my hair blue, and two glasses of red wine didn't help my concentration. I don't know about you, but this is a great sentence to start a novel. And the rest of it, Rabih Alameddine made sure it was just as quotable. Almost all of it.
This is a portrait of an old woman who has become jaded with life (people!) and turned into a recluse. It is also the story of her life within the recent history of Beirut and its (many) destructions by war, and she has coursed through it all reading great works of literature and translating masterpieces for her own pleasure. Her observations are witty, sharp and sardonic. I love her
You could say I was thinking of other things when I shampooed my hair blue, and two glasses of red wine didn't help my concentration. I don't know about you, but this is a great sentence to start a novel. And the rest of it, Rabih Alameddine made sure it was just as quotable. Almost all of it.
This is a portrait of an old woman who has become jaded with life (people!) and turned into a recluse. It is also the story of her life within the recent history of Beirut and its (many) destructions by war, and she has coursed through it all reading great works of literature and translating masterpieces for her own pleasure. Her observations are witty, sharp and sardonic. I love her