The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
A son, his indomitable mother, and Beirut itself: the tragicomic novel that won the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction.
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Présentation
Winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction, « The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) » is Rabih Alameddine at his most disarming: a tragicomic portrait of Raja and the formidable mother he can't quite escape, set against a Beirut that keeps finding new ways to test its people. Born in Amman to Lebanese parents, raised between Kuwait and Lebanon, Alameddine (« An Unnecessary Woman », « The Wrong End of the Telescope ») has long chronicled exile, family and survival with corrosive humor and deep tenderness — qualities the National Book Foundation celebrated in awarding him America's most prestigious fiction prize on November 19, 2025.