Dunyazad
June 2000
Hardcover · 120 Pages
$22.50 U.S. · $27.00 CAN
ISBN 9780863563409
Saqi Books
Hardcover · 120 Pages
$22.50 U.S. · $27.00 CAN
ISBN 9780863563409
Saqi Books
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Description
This story of a woman who suffers one of life's great tragedies, the loss of her child is also a portrait of a country, Egypt, whose citizens find themselves caught in a never-ending spiral of change and aspirations.
About the Author
May Telmissany was born in Cairo in 1965. She has an MA in French Literature from Cairo University and is currently preparing a doctorate at the University of Montreal on the representation of the hara (the popular neighborhood) in Egyptian cinema. Dunyazad is her first novel.