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An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine
2013
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An elderly Beirut recluse who has spent decades translating books for no one.
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A Lebanese-American diaspora author writing in English. An Unnecessary Woman, a portrait of solitary love for literature, was a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award.
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