Rabih Alameddine Quotes


A soccer game is a Wagner opera. The narrative sets up, the tension builds, the music ebbs and flows, the strings, the horns, more tension, and suddenly a moment of pure bliss, trumpet-tongued Gabriel sings, and gods descend from Olympus to dance - this peak of ecstasy.


Citations

Alameddine, Rabih. "World Cup Diary." The New Republic, 2014.

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  • Nationality: Lebanese
  • Profession: Novelist

Rabih Alameddine (Arabic: ربيع علم الدين‎) (born 1959) is a Lebanese-American painter and writer.