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Zusatztext “As revealing as Lisa Taddeo’s bestseller Three Women, but it has a more urgent political mission. . . . Like Adèle did before it, this slim book of impassioned pleas, and of human impulses that resonate, is one step to more women breaking free.” — Evening Standard “Slimani’s searing nonfiction debut unearths the deepest and most intimate secrets of a group of women in a culture where sexual autonomy is punished by law.” ? Newsweek “Impassioned . . . a call-to-arms.” ? Elle “A compassionate and searing examination of women in Morocco and the Arab world.” ? Ms. “Vivid, at times unbearable testimonies . . . In an act of rare humility and generosity, Slimani offers [these women] what they've been deprived of: a space to tell their stories, to exist.” — San Francisco Chronicle “Infuriating, heartbreaking stories of the ways in which [women’s] desires, happiness, and autonomy have been stunted by a system that denies their validity or very existence.” — The New York Review of Books “Potent . . . An ensemble portrait of women drawn together through the force of pressures they all face . . . Slimani keeps a light presence in the interviews, not unlike Svetlana Alexievich’s conversations with former Soviet women soldiers.” —John Freeman, Lit Hub “Provocative and disturbing, fervent and moving.” ? BookPage “Graceful . . . Deft . . . Nuanced and sophisticated . . . An elegant, accentless translation . . . I’d read Slimani’s 2016 Goncourt Prize–winning novel, The Perfect Nanny, experiencing her as a thrillingly precise writer, her observations so sharp they flensed away every flabby stereotype. . . . Slimani has brought that same quality of attention to bear on this book. . . . [She] gives these women their due.” ?Lina Mounzer, The Baffler “Open[s] the eyes of the reader to universal challenges for women . . . You’ll learn something or feel something in each essay.” ? Book Riot “Powerful . . . Balancing potent anecdotal accounts with incisive cultural analysis, Slimani makes a persuasive case that breaking the silence around sexuality is essential to advancing Muslim women’s social and economic rights. This eye-opening account strikes a resounding chord.” ? Publishers Weekly “A passionate, candid, and convincing narrative of unmasking and revelation.” — Kirkus Reviews “I salute Leila Slimani for writing this important, honest and brave book. . . . As a writer from a Turkish background, I am moved by Slimani’s words. The women she talks to could just as well have been Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian, Iranian, Turkish.” —Elif Shafak, New Statesman “Challenge[s] one of the Arab world’s great taboos . . . [and] provides a rare, and perhaps unique, look into a patriarchal Arab society laden with hypocrisy.” — The Times (U.K.) “Slimani deserves credit for giving a voice to those for whom ‘just being myself is activism.’ ’’ — The Spectator “A gripping portrait of a society riven by inner conflict, poised on a power-keg of desire.” — The Sydney Morning Herald “ Sex and Lies does not lack for passion [and] raises legitimate questions.” — Financial Times “Well executed: the novelist paints vivid portraits of her interviewees.” — Sunday Times (U.K.) “An original book.” — Cosmopolitan (U.K.) “Searing . . . Page-turning.” — AnOther Magazine “Fascinating and surprising.” — Elle (France ) “A nuanced and pragmatic reflection on the situation of women in Morocco and in the Arab-Muslim world.” — L'Express Informationen...
