Rabih Alameddine
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born
January 01, 1959
gender
male
place of birth
Amman, Jordan
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Literature & Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Politics
about this author
Rabih Alameddine was born in Amman, Jordan to Lebanese parents, and grew up in Kuwait and Lebanon. He was educated in England and America, and has an engineering degree from UCLA and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.
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The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 4.03 — 401 ratings — published 2008 9 editions |
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I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 4.07 — 108 ratings — published 1985 6 editions |
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Koolaids: The Art of War by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 4.09 — 46 ratings — published 1998 4 editions |
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The Perv: Stories by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 1999 |
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The Storyteller by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2009 |
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Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008 |
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"...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us."
— Rabih Alameddine (The Hakawati)
— Rabih Alameddine (The Hakawati)
"The persistence of memeory is the bane of my existence, the blight of my life. "
— Rabih Alameddine (The Perv: Stories)
— Rabih Alameddine (The Perv: Stories)
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"I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is reality."
— Rabih Alameddine (Koolaids: The Art of War)
— Rabih Alameddine (Koolaids: The Art of War)
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