An Unnecessary Woman

Author: Rabih Alameddine

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  • : $29.99 AUD
  • : 9781922147233
  • : Text Publishing Company
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  • : December 2012
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
  • : 29.99
  • : March 2013
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Barcode 9781922147233
9781922147233

Description

You could say I was thinking of other things when I shampooed my hair blue, and two glasses of red wine didn't help my concentration. Let me explain. At the end of the year, before I begin a new project, I read the translation I've completed. I do final corrections (minor), set the pages in order, and place them in the box. This is part of the ritual, which includes imbibing two glasses of red wine. Aaliya lives alone with her books-books she has collected over a lifetime, books she translates into Arabic with no likelihood that they will ever be read. With her accidentally blue-dyed hair, her cantankerous dealings with her neighbours and her difficult relationship with her family, Aaliya is a character you will never forget. An Unnecessary Woman is a sublime novel, a love letter to literature and its power to define who we are.

Promotion info

* Major press interviews in Australia and New Zealand * Extract in a national newspaper * Review coverage in all major newspapers * Review coverage in women's magazines such as Australian Women's Weekly, Vogue, North & South and Madison * Review coverage in literary magazines such as Australian Book Review, Listener, Monthly and Metro * National radio interviews * Wide online review coverage * Reading copies available to the trade * Advertisements in literary and current affairs publications such as the ABR, Griffith Review and the Monthly, and on their associated websites * Promotions and giveaways with targeted subscriber groups, including book lovers such as CAE, Good Reading * Advertisements in bookseller newsletters and catalogues * Ideal bookclub title: reading group notes available at the back of the book and on publication at textpublishing.com.au/resources * Author video to be available on Text's website, YouTube and on bookseller sites

Author description

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.