Beautiful novel about a Beiruti woman who lives through literature and her unpublished 50 years of translations. There are glimpses here of Lebanese history and sexual politics - she is ostracised as a divorced woman of a probably gay ex-husband. She refuses an epiphany though there is some light. Her life and lifestyle is alluring and repulsive at the same time so it's difficult not to quit a little troubled and I don't think the resolution is quite as promising or as affectionate at I would have liked.