Titre : |
Woman at point zero |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Nawal el- Saadawi (1931-...), Auteur |
Editeur : |
Londres [Grande-Bretagne] : Zed Books Ltd |
Année de publication : |
2015 |
Importance : |
142 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-78360-594-1 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Femmes du monde arabe Situation des femmes
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Index. décimale : |
M-4.1 Romans, nouvelles et récits |
Résumé : |
Woman at Point Zero is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi published in Arabic in 1975. The novel is based on Saadawi's encounter with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed to tell her life story before her execution.
The novel explores the issues of the subjugation of women, female circumcision, and women's freedom in a patriarchal society.
Initially, Egyptian publishers rejected the book and the first edition was published in Lebanon in 1975. Woman at Point Zero has subsequently been published in twenty-two languages. |
Woman at point zero [texte imprimé] / Nawal el- Saadawi (1931-...), Auteur . - Londres [Grande-Bretagne] : Zed Books Ltd, 2015 . - 142 p. ISBN : 978-1-78360-594-1 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Catégories : |
Femmes du monde arabe Situation des femmes
|
Index. décimale : |
M-4.1 Romans, nouvelles et récits |
Résumé : |
Woman at Point Zero is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi published in Arabic in 1975. The novel is based on Saadawi's encounter with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed to tell her life story before her execution.
The novel explores the issues of the subjugation of women, female circumcision, and women's freedom in a patriarchal society.
Initially, Egyptian publishers rejected the book and the first edition was published in Lebanon in 1975. Woman at Point Zero has subsequently been published in twenty-two languages. |
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