Women of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan al-Shaykh
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Condition Light rubbing and wear to the cover edges and corners, with faint spotting and discolouration on the pale spine Read full condition
Light rubbing and wear to the cover edges and corners, with faint spotting and discolouration on the pale spine. Pages are tanned.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
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About this book
Four women from contrasting backgrounds negotiate desire, friendship and the restrictions imposed on their lives in an unnamed Middle Eastern society. Through the intersecting experiences of Suha, Tamr, Suzanne and Nur, Hanan al-Shaykh explores the gulf between material comfort and personal freedom. Translated from Arabic by Catherine Cobham, this novel gives its women distinct and revealing voices.
- Author: Hanan al-Shaykh
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Year: 1994
- Edition / printing: This Allen & Unwin edition published 1994; complete number line. First published in English by Quartet Books in 1989. Translated by Catherine Cobham.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 280
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1863736832
- ISBN-13: 9781863736831
Condition: Light rubbing and wear to the cover edges and corners, with faint spotting and discolouration on the pale spine. Pages are tanned.
Book details
- Title
- Women of Sand and Myrrh
- Authors
- Hanan al-Shaykh
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- This Allen & Unwin edition published 1994; complete number line. First published in English by Quartet Books in 1989. Translated by Catherine Cobham.
- Subjects
- FICTION, VINTAGE BOOKS, LITERARY FICTION, ARABIC LITERATURE, MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE, WOMENS LIVES, TRANSLATED FICTION, CATHERINE COBHAM, ALLEN & UNWIN
- Page count
- 280
- ISBN-13
- 9781863736831
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