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A review by mehitabels
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
5.0
A sweetly heartbreaking book, set in Beirut, Lebanon, the recollections of a woman who was truly unnecessary and completely extraordinary. A nobody who worked in a bookshop and did little to change the world around her. At yet . . . she is lyrical, lovely, and lonely.
This is a story for book lovers, with quotes and references and the comfortable familiarity of a favorite reading chair, gentle light, and a quiet house. I highly recommend this book, I was touched and amused and saddened. It is just so ... so ... so lovely and sweet and yet filled with the political reality of Lebanon over the past 50 years.
Plus the character is a bit crotchety and cynical and shy, awkward in body and over-intelligent in mind, well, I can relate, oh I can relate.
This is a story for book lovers, with quotes and references and the comfortable familiarity of a favorite reading chair, gentle light, and a quiet house. I highly recommend this book, I was touched and amused and saddened. It is just so ... so ... so lovely and sweet and yet filled with the political reality of Lebanon over the past 50 years.
Plus the character is a bit crotchety and cynical and shy, awkward in body and over-intelligent in mind, well, I can relate, oh I can relate.