WINNER OF THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
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A tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern saga of family, memory, and the unbreakable attachment of a son and his mother.
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"Alameddine chronicles a Lebanese family’s turbulent but happy lives in his ebullient latest . . .Throughout, the author skillfully juxtaposes unflinching depictions of war and deprivation with the narrator’s joie de vivre. It’s a ravishing performance." — Publishers Weekly
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“Alameddine is gifted at finding the humor in what for most writers would be singular traumatic themes, including AIDS, the Lebanese Civil War, and the plight of Middle Eastern migrants.”— Kirkus Reviews
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"This sprawling tale centers on Raja, a man in his sixties who lives with his mother in Beirut, a city shaking with political and ecological turmoil [...] The story jumps back and forth through time and across continents, but Raja’s sensitive and ultimately optimistic point of view is a gripping anchor." — The New Yorker |
“I can think of few novelists more skilled in the art of blending deep trauma with irreverent humor than Rabih Alameddine.” — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub
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