Award Winning Books by
RABIH ALAMEDDINE
| | In 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father's deathbed. As the family gathers, stories begin to unfold: Osama's grandfather was a hakawati, or storyteller, and his bewitching tales are interwoven with classic stories of the Middle East. Here are Abraham and Isaac; Ishmael, father of the Arab tribes; the beautiful Fatima; Baybars, the ...
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| | Named after the "divine" Sarah Bernhardt, red-haired Sarah Nour El-Din is "wonderful, irresistibly unique, funny, and amazing," raves Amy Tan. Determined to make of her life a work of art, she tries to tell her story, sometimes casting it as a memoir, sometimes a novel, always fascinatingly incomplete. "Alameddine's new novel unfolds like a secret... creating a tale...humorous and heartbreaking an...
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| Rabih Alameddine Award Stats |
| Major Prize* Nominations |
5 |
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| Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* |
3 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Wins |
0 |
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| Pulitzer Prize Nominations |
0 |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations |
1 |
An Unnecessary Woman · |
| National Book Award Wins |
0 |
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| National Book Award Nominations |
1 |
An Unnecessary Woman · |
| Man Booker Prize Wins |
0 |
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| Man Booker Prize Nominations |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Wins |
0 |
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| PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations |
1 |
The Wrong End of the Telescope · |
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*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award
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422 reviews (2014) (320p)
16 reviews (2001) (320p)
