I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

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.

Author: Rabih Alameddine
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/01/2002
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.27w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9780393323566
ISBN10: 0393323560
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Family Life | General