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Woman at Point Zero

Autor Nawal El-Saadawi Traducere de Sherif Hetata Cuvânt înainte de Miriam Cooke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2015
'An unforgettable, unmissable book for the new global feminist.'The Times'All the men I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.'So begins Firdaus's remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus struggles through childhood, seeking compassion and knowledge in a world which gives her little of either. As she grows up and escapes the fetters of her childhood, each new relationship teaches her a bitter but liberating truth - that the only free people are those who want nothing, fear nothing and hope for nothing.This classic novel has been an inspiration to countless people across the world. Saadawi's searing indictment of society's brutal treatment of women continues to resonate today.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781783605941
ISBN-10: 1783605944
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Zed Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

I think her life has been one long death threat. At a time when nobody else was talking, she spoke the unspeakable' - Margaret Atwood

Notă biografică

Nawal El Saadawi was an internationally renowned writer, novelist and fighter for women's rights both within Egypt and abroad. She held honorary doctorates from, among others, the universities of York, Illinois at Chicago, St Andrews and Tromso as well as Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.Her many prizes and awards include the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2003, the Council of Europe North-South Prize in 2004, the Women of the Year Award (UK) in 2011, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize (Ireland) in 2012, and the French National Order of Merit in 2013. Her books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world.

Recenzii

Nawal El Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory
This book will look you dead in the eye. I thoroughly recommend this book because it will make you examine the ways in which people in impossible situations can retain dignity and control over themselves. Read it wide-eyed.
The most influential feminist thinker in the Arab world over the past half-century.
El Saadawi has a flair for melodrama and mystery.
A powerful indictment of the treatment of women in many parts of the Middle East
Woman at Point Zero should begin the long march towards a realistic and sympathetic portrayal of Arab women.
Scorching
Simple, but sharp and infuriating... Woman at Point Zero is the story of one Arab woman, but it reads as if it is every woman's life.
An unforgettable, unmissable book for the new global feminist.
This novella opened my eyes to the ideas of power structures.
This extraordinary novel, written with such compassion, forces us to the edge, and deep inside what must be one of the worst tales of women's oppression while somehow managing to inspire hope, if only through the courage of Nawal El Saadawi for being one of the first to tell this story to the world.
Leaves an indelible mark. This is a tale of injustice, inequality and sheer bad luck - written with such grace and skill as to be on a part with the finest literature of this or any era - haunting, poetic and fiercely relevant.

Descriere

Nawal El Saadawi's highly acclaimed feminist novel, Woman at Point Zero, follows the life of Firdaus, an Egyptian peasant girl, from her childhood of incomprehensible cruelty and neglect to her end in a grimy Cairo prison cell. From her earliest memories, Firdaus suffered at the hands of men first her abusive father, then her violent, much older husband, to finally her deceitful boyfriend-turned-pimp. After a lifetime of abuse, she at last takes drastic action against the males ruling her life. Still as beautiful and cutting as it was when it was first published, this new edition will continue to resonate powerfully with readers for years to come.


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