Publication
Imprint: New York : Anchor Books, 1992. Responsibility: Hanan al-Shaykh, translated from the Arabic by Catherine Cobham. OCLC Number: 760557138. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 280 pages ; 21 cm.
Call number
Fiction / Shayk
ISBN
0385423586 / 9780385423588
Original publication date
1988 (Arabic)
1992 (English)
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CSS Library Notes
Description: A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab worlds leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
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Physical description
280 p.; 21 cm
Description
Fiction. Literature. HTML:A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab worlds leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.
Language
Original language
Arabic
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LibraryThing member bogreader
I couldn't finish this book because it was too depressing for me.
LibraryThing member Aleesa
Fascinating. A rare window into the lives of women in an extremely conservative Middle East country. Highly recommended for anyone interested in that kind of thing.
LibraryThing member sparemethecensor
An intimate look into a world little-understood in the West. This is not an easy read but it is an engaging one.
LibraryThing member kakadoo202
I really wanted to like but but the writing style was too confusing for me. However, i learned more about the situations these women are facing. It is more or less a prison. Horrible that this can still be happening!