'Hanan al-Shaykh lays bare the perverted relations which necessarily exist in a state which denies women their humanity, and does so in a lyrical feeling language whose impact is all the greater for its lack of polemic.' Hanan al-Shaykh's work has been likened to that of Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, yet hers is a voice which is unique not only in the Arab world, but in world literature. With consumate story-telling skill, al-Shaykh explores the lives of four women living in an unnamed Arab desert society. There is ...
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'Hanan al-Shaykh lays bare the perverted relations which necessarily exist in a state which denies women their humanity, and does so in a lyrical feeling language whose impact is all the greater for its lack of polemic.' Hanan al-Shaykh's work has been likened to that of Margaret Atwood and Margaret Drabble, yet hers is a voice which is unique not only in the Arab world, but in world literature. With consumate story-telling skill, al-Shaykh explores the lives of four women living in an unnamed Arab desert society. There is Suha, fleeing from Lebanon and unused to the restrictions of secluded Arab life: Suzanne, an American woman who experiences herself anew through the desires of the local men; Tamr, a spirited desert woman and a student of Suha; Nur, also a local woman but a rich corrupt one whose restless energy pushes her to consume people as carelessly as she covets things. Al-Shaykh affirms through her story-telling the extraordinary power of fiction. The diverse effects of extreme male rule on the lives of these women emerge - through al-Shaykh's confident, exquisite writing - as more real and more complex than a thousand reports from a regi
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Good. A NICE edition, USEFUL! Vague bit of water stain on the inside cover page and at the page edge. Very light and mild and will not get in your way. Light scuff to the paperback cover and the page edge, this book is in PRESENTABLE condition.