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Certain Woman
Hala El Badry
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Description for Certain Woman
Paperback. In A Certain Woman, Nahid is a woman determined to go on a journey of self-discovery-searching for liberation, not from a repressive society or a male-dominated world, but from self-imposed taboos that inhibit a woman's ability to find fulfillment and to confront the many imponderables surrounding sexuality, desire, and love. Translator(s): Wahab, Farouk Abdel. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
In Hala El Badry's prize-winning and controversial novel, A Certain Woman, Nahid is a woman searching for liberation, not from a repressive society or a male-dominated world, but from self-imposed taboos that inhibit a woman's ability to find fulfillment. In a narrative much excoriated by conservative critics, Nahid's adulterous affair becomes an occasion to explore the subtleties and contradictions that surround sexuality, desire and love.
In Hala El Badry's prize-winning and controversial novel, A Certain Woman, Nahid is a woman searching for liberation, not from a repressive society or a male-dominated world, but from self-imposed taboos that inhibit a woman's ability to find fulfillment. In a narrative much excoriated by conservative critics, Nahid's adulterous affair becomes an occasion to explore the subtleties and contradictions that surround sexuality, desire and love.
Product Details
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906697075
SKU
V9781906697075
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Hala El Badry
Born in Cairo, Hala El Badry graduated from Cairo University and is now deputy editor-in-chief of Egypt's radio and television magazine. A Certain Woman, her fourth novel, was awarded the prize for best novel of 2001 at the Cairo International Book Fair.
Reviews for Certain Woman
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"A Certain Woman contributes to the growing body of imaginative literature written by Arab women and translated into English. The translation of this novel is alliterative, poetic and strikingly vivid." - Al Jadid"
"A Certain Woman contributes to the growing body of imaginative literature written by Arab women and translated into English. The translation of this novel is alliterative, poetic and strikingly vivid." - Al Jadid"