02547cam a2200277 4500 2636108186 TxAuBib 20251208120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668156940 1668156946 a36f21bb-8fa3-4b2d-b873-cb41f559daec OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11918070 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alameddine, Rabih. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) [Libby Audiobook]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 237MB. HTML:<b>"Alameddine is a writer with a boundless imagination." —NPR</b><br /> <br /> <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><br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-12-07 20:00:03. Hakim, GM. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a36f21bb-8fa3-4b2d-b873-cb41f559daec&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)