The Tent

di Miral Al-Tahawy (Autore)

Anthony Calderbank (Traduttore)

The American University in Cairo Press, 2000

A journey inside the wounded hearts and minds of a group of Egyptian Bedouin women 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.

• Autore: Miral Al-Tahawy
• Traduttore: Anthony Calderbank
• Anno edizione: 2000
• Editore: The American University in Cairo Press
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781617971891