Story of Zahra

Zusatztext " The Story Of Zahra is a classic by  any standards."-- Village Voice  Literary Supplement.    "This rich tale mesmerizes with its frank sexuality  and scenes of war-torn  Beirut."-- Publishers Weekly. Informationen zum Autor Hanan al-Shaykh Klappentext Zahra's mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra's strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother's affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa-and then uses marriage as another kind of escape. Back in Beirut, love finally comes to her, but with terrible consequences. Banned in several Middle Eastern countries since its original publication, The Story of Zahra is an intoxicating, provocative story of a young woman's coming of age in a city torn apart by war. Zusammenfassung Zahra’s mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra’s strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother’s affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace! Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa—and then uses marriage as another kind of escape. Back in Beirut! love finally comes to her! but with terrible consequences. Banned in several Middle Eastern countries since its original publication! The Story of Zahra is an intoxicating! provocative story of a young woman’s coming of age in a city torn apart by war.

Product details

• Authors: Hanan al-Shaykh, Hanan Shaykh
• Assisted by: Peter Ford (Translation)
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.1996
• EAN: 9780385472067
• ISBN: 978-0-385-47206-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Fiction: general and literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary