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Rabih Alameddine

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Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine is a Lebanese painter and writer. His 2021 novel The Wrong End of the Telescope won the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He also won the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible.

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Books16

At the Wrong End of the Telescope

At the Wrong End of the Telescope

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

2025
Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art

Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art

2024
The Wrong End of the Telescope

The Wrong End of the Telescope

2021
The Angel of History

The Angel of History

2016
Les Vies de papier

Les Vies de papier

2013
An Unnecessary Woman

An Unnecessary Woman

2013
La mujer de papel

La mujer de papel

2013

with Gemma Rovira Ortega

El contador de historias

El contador de historias

2008
The Hakawati

The Hakawati

2008
The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati

The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati

2008
I, The Divine

I, The Divine

2001
Io, la Divina

Io, la Divina

2001
i the devine

i the devine

2001
The Perv: Stories

The Perv: Stories

1999
Koolaids: The Art of War

Koolaids: The Art of War

1998

Box sets & omnibuses1

The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

2026