The heroines of Out El Kouloub's Three Tales tells the stories of Nazira, Zahira, and Zarifa, whose narratives afford the rest of the world a glimpse of the "veiled" culture: from an insider's perspective. Throughout the book, Out El Kouloub takes the reader to a variety of colorful. locations-through streets, bazaars, holy sites and homes of Cairo. Her stories take her characters into the intimate geographical and psychological space of different classes and upbringings that make up Egyptian life. This is an Egypt ...
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The heroines of Out El Kouloub's Three Tales tells the stories of Nazira, Zahira, and Zarifa, whose narratives afford the rest of the world a glimpse of the "veiled" culture: from an insider's perspective. Throughout the book, Out El Kouloub takes the reader to a variety of colorful. locations-through streets, bazaars, holy sites and homes of Cairo. Her stories take her characters into the intimate geographical and psychological space of different classes and upbringings that make up Egyptian life. This is an Egypt described not by an orientalist but by an Egyptian woman who has either lived or observed the' experiences that form the fabric of her written work. Three Tales is a companion volume to Ramza and Zanouba, also Kouloub, and each translated from the French by Nayra Atiya.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; 1st printing of this English-language edition, as stated and with complete number line. Translated by Nayra Atiya. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Unclipped dust jacket has light rubbing. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
