Seven Stones - Softcover

Khoury-Ghata, Vénus

 
9781909762633: Seven Stones
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1909762636 ISBN 13: 9781909762633
Verlag: Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

In a remote community on the edge of a windswept desert, a woman has been condemned to death by stoning. Steeped in the harsh values of her traditional, patriarchal society, Noor accepts her fate. When an aid worker befriends her, urging her to defend herself and her unborn child, the two women form a bond. Together with Amina, Noor's outspoken friend, they struggle to defy the law. Written in prose imbued with the rhythms and images of the author's native language, Arabic, this is a tale of the bonds of female friendships, solidarity and empowerment in a society where a woman's voice, especially in the public sphere, has been denied.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Vénus Khoury-Ghata is a multiple award-winning poet and novelist. She was born in Lebanon in 1937 and has lived in Paris since 1972. Considered a major voice in France's contemporary literature, she has published a dozen novels and has many collections of poems. Her work has been translated into Arabic, Dutch, German, Italian, Russian and English, and she herself translates contemporary Arabic poetry into french. Her many awards include the Prix Goncourt for Poetry and the Grand Prix de l' Académie Française.

Aneesa Abbas Higgins became a literary translator after a long career as a teacher. Among the authors she has translated are François Garde, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, and Elisa Shua Dusapin.

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Verlag
Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1909762636
ISBN 13 
9781909762633
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
216
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