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The Fall of the Imam
Nawal El-Saadawi
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Paperback. Surrounded by a coterie of ministers, the Imam rules over an imaginary earthly kingdom. Bint Allah is the Daughter of God, a beautiful illegitimate girl. She is falsely accused by the Imam of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Surrounded by a coterie of ministers, the Imam rules over an imaginary earthly kingdom. Bint Allah is the Daughter of God, a beautiful illegitimate girl. She is falsely accused by the Imam of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Then, during the annual Victory Holiday, the Imam himself is killed. The story of each of these deaths is told repeatedly, as this powerful and poetic novel reveals the underlying hypocrisy of any male-dominated religious state, and the insufferable predicament of women in a society that must ultimately self-destruct.
Surrounded by a coterie of ministers, the Imam rules over an imaginary earthly kingdom. Bint Allah is the Daughter of God, a beautiful illegitimate girl. She is falsely accused by the Imam of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Then, during the annual Victory Holiday, the Imam himself is killed. The story of each of these deaths is told repeatedly, as this powerful and poetic novel reveals the underlying hypocrisy of any male-dominated religious state, and the insufferable predicament of women in a society that must ultimately self-destruct.
Product Details
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
235
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846590627
SKU
V9781846590627
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99-15
About Nawal El-Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned Egyptian writer and feminist. She holds honorary doctorates from the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso. Her many prizes and awards include the Great Minds of the Twentieth Century Prize, awarded by the American Biographical Institute in 2003, the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe and the Premi ... Read more
Reviews for The Fall of the Imam
'A poignant - and brave - writer' Marie Claire; 'More than any other woman, El Saadawi has come has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism' San Francisco Chronicle; 'The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world' The Guardian; 'El-Saadawi writes beautifully and in abundant and evocative physical detail of an Egypt that ... Read more