Raja has been exhausted by his loving mother for six decades. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Lebanese writer Rabih Alameddine about his book, "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)." ...

Author Rabih Alameddine won for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother). Other winners include a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih ...

Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” won in fiction, while Omar El Akkad’s ...

The National Book Awards’ 2025 fiction prize went to The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother), by Rabih ...

National Book Awards judges honored authors worldwide on Wednesday night, from Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine’s “The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)” to Chicago-bo ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Rabih Alameddine, Megha Majumdar and Karen Russell and a memoir of family tragedy by Yiyun Li are among this year’s finalists for the National Book Award. On Tuesday, the ...

In a night that blended literary triumph with raw political outrage, the 76th National Book Awards honoured five exceptional ...

The winners of the 76th National Book Awards, held in New York last night, included Rabih Alameddine, Omar El Akkad and ...

Writing “The Angel of History” began with anger, says author Rabih Alameddine. An unidentified anger that suddenly sprouted for a period a few years ago. Early on in Alameddine’s fourth novel, ...