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I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

by RabihAlameddine (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

Named by her grandfather after 'the Divine' Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah Nour El-Din grows up in Beirut against the tense background of civil war. But the young Sarah finds pleasure in the everyday - her first cigarette, first kiss, seeking revenge on her tight-lipped stepmother. Then, with adulthood, comes an awareness of the fragility of life. After two failed marriages, the loss of her son, the death of one sister and the imprisonment of another, Sarah begins to tell her story. But this story is not so easy to tell...A novel written entirely in first chapters, I, THE DIVINE is an honest and touching story of one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0753816962
ISBN 13: 9780753816967
Book Overview: Superproof mailing, special publicity mailing , trade promotions Fabulous new jacket, perfect for women's fiction market Entered for all summer 3 for 2 promotions 'Alammedine has created a warmly engaging, sophisticated and subtle woman's voice ...I The Divine confirms Alameddine as a captivating storyteller who can move and amuse' Maya Jaggi, Guardian 'I, The Divine is divine. Sarah is wonderful, irresistibly unique, funny and amazing...And the structure is literary genius, humorously naughty in its satire, and perfect to the notion of someone reinventing and revising herself. I loved reading it, love it so much I will have to re-read it again soon' Amy Tan 'A memorable and deeply moving portrait of a woman, a family and a culture' Spectrum 'A fascinating, very modern book, not only for its form, but for its rich, searching humanity' Time Out 'Warm, sad, funny and moving' Michael Chabon 'Not only brilliantly executed, it is so convincing that it feels like the only valid way that Alameddine could have told Sarah's story' The Times

Author Bio
Rabih Alameddine was born in Beirut in 1959 but now lives in San Francisco. He is also a well-known artist and has had shows in many of the major capitals of the world.