Tent

Name: Tent
Price: 5.89 USD
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ISBN: 9789774245428

ISBN-10: 9774245423

ISBN-13: 9789774245428

Edition: N/A

Authors: Miral al-Tahawy, Anthony Calderbank

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Description:

The Tent is a beautifully written, powerful, and disturbing novel, featuring a host of women characters whose lives are subject to the will of a single, often absent, patriarch and his brutal, foul-mouthed mother. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the lives of the Bedouin and peasant women unfold, revealing the tragedy of the sonless mother and the intolerable heaviness of existence. Set against trackless deserts and star-filled night skies, the story tells of the young girl's relationship with her distant father and a foreign woman who is well-meaning but ultimately motivated by self-interest. It provides an intimate glimpse inside the women's quarters, and chronicles their pastimes…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Publication date: 11/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English