03971cam a2200769 4500 2621551777 TxAuBib 20251115120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802166487 0802166482 B0F2GD37JH Amazon 751c91ab-1e34-4651-be39-187403c356c1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11780673 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alameddine, Rabih. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) [Libby eBook]. Grove Atlantic, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. The Wrong End of the Telescope. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. fiction about Lebanon. Beirut port explosion. contemporary fiction. books about families. arab american author. an unnecessary woman. National Book Award. porochista khakpour. queer coming of age. political fiction. viet thanh nguyen. Andrew Sean Greer. financial crisis. Rabih Alameddine. mother-son story. mother and son. Middle Eastern. michael chabon. Rachel Kushner. rebecca makkai. timely fiction. Coming of age. miranda july. pen/faulkner. Laila Lalami. family life. Danzy Senna. love story. tragicomic. lgbtq book. all fours. yiyun li. Lebanon. Beirut. queer. Arab. love. less. HTML:<p><b>FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD</b></p> <p><b>"Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination."—NPR</b></p> <p><b>From National Book Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction comes a tragicomic love story set in Lebanon, a modern saga of family, memory, and the unbreakable attachment of a son and his mother</b></p> <p>In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and "the neighborhood homosexual," Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son's desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja's work life and love life, boundaries be damned.</p> <p>When Raja receives an invite to an all-expenses-paid writing residency in America, the timing couldn't be better. It arrives on the heels of a series of personal and national disasters that have left Raja longing for peace and quiet away from his mother and the heartache of Lebanon. But what at first seems a stroke of good fortune soon leads Raja to recount and relive the very disasters and past betrayals he wishes to forget.</p> <p>Told in Raja's irresistible and wickedly funny voice, the novel dances across six decades to tell the unforgettable story of a singular life and its absurdities—a tale of mistakes, self-discovery, trauma, and maybe even forgiveness. Above all, <i>The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)</i> is a wildly unique and sparkling celebration of love.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-11-14 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=751c91ab-1e34-4651-be39-187403c356c1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=751c91ab-1e34-4651-be39-187403c356c1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID