Alameddine, Rabih.

An unnecessary woman / Rabih Alameddine. - New York : Grove Press, [2013] - 291 pages ; 22 cm.

"A novel" --cover. "National book award finalist" --cover.

An obsessive introvert in Beirut, eschewed by her family and neighbors for her divorced status and lack of religious reverence, quietly translates favorite books into Arabic while struggling with her aging body, until an unthinkable disaster threatens what little life remains to her.

ISBN: 9780802122940 : (trade pbk.)

LCCN: 2013497349

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Recluses--Lebanon--Beirut--Fiction.
Women--Lebanon--Beirut--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Beirut (Lebanon)--Fiction.