The tent: a novel
"The Tent is a 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…
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- Full title :The tent : a novel / Miral al-Tahawy ; translated by Anthony Calderbank.
Summary
"The Tent is a 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."--Jacket.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The American University in Cairo Press
- Place of Publication:Cairo
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:130 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9774245423, 9789774245428, 9774244737, 9789774244735
- oclc:ocm39885025
- LC Classification:PJ7864.A3568
- Dewey Decimal:892.7/36
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