Women of Sand and Myrrh: A Novel

by Hanan al-Shaykh

Overview

A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world's leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385423588
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/01/1992
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.26(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about her mother, The Locust and the Bird. She was raised in Beirut, educated in Cairo, and lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

"A gifted and  courageous writer."—Middle Eastern  International

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