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MUNIRAS BOTTLE
Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
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Description for MUNIRAS BOTTLE
Paperback. Translator(s): Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
In Riyadh, against the events of the second Gulf War and Saddams invasion of Kuwait, we learn the story of Munirawith the gorgeous eyesand the unspeakable tragedy she suffers as her male nemesis wreaks revenge for an insult to his character and manhood. It is also the tale of many other women of Saudi Arabia who pass through the remand center where Munira works, victims and perpetrators of crimes, characters pained and tormented, trapped in cocoons of silence and fear. Munira records their stories on pieces of paper that she folds up and places in the mysterious bottle given to ... Read more
In Riyadh, against the events of the second Gulf War and Saddams invasion of Kuwait, we learn the story of Munirawith the gorgeous eyesand the unspeakable tragedy she suffers as her male nemesis wreaks revenge for an insult to his character and manhood. It is also the tale of many other women of Saudi Arabia who pass through the remand center where Munira works, victims and perpetrators of crimes, characters pained and tormented, trapped in cocoons of silence and fear. Munira records their stories on pieces of paper that she folds up and places in the mysterious bottle given to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774166396
SKU
V9789774166396
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99-15
About Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
Yousef al-Mohaimeed was born in Riyadh in 1964. He has published several novels and short story collections, and has studied English and photography at Norwich University in the England. He is the author of Wolves of the Crescent Moon (AUC Press, 2007). Anthony Calderbank has translated several works of modern Arabic fiction, including ... Read more
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