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The Tent
Besorgungstitel - wird vorgemerkt | Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
Artikel-Nr:
9789774245428
Veröffentl:
1998
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.1998
Seiten:
140
Autor:
Miral Al-Tahawy
Gewicht:
201 g
Format:
198x123x15 mm
Serie:
Modern Arabic Writing
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Miral al-Tahawy
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 and preoccupations, their stories and their songs.