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I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2002
  • Pages: 324
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.78in - 5.27in - 0.84in - 0.93lb
  • EAN: 9780393323566
  • Categories: LiteraryWomenFamily Life - General

About the Author

Alameddine, Rabih: - Rabih Alameddine is the author of the novels Koolaids, I, the Divine, and The Hakawati, the story collection The Perv, and most recently, An Unnecessary Woman. He divides his time between San Francisco and Beirut.

Praise for this book

A perfect novel...Alameddine is one of the greatest living writers working in English.--Sarah Schulman "Literary Hub"