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Not a Fairytale by Shaida Kazie Ali [Ali, Shaida Kazie] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Not a Fairytale about?
Salena, the elder of two Cape sisters, is light-skinned and demure, an easy one to marry off to a husband of her parents' choosing. Zuhra is dark and wilful, refusing tradition and leaving the country in pursuit of her own destiny. 'The shoots of their lives grow apart and interlace again. Salena finds herself in a repressed marriage much like her mother's. Zuhra comes to suspect grim undercurrents to both their lives, which she expresses by retelling familiar fairytales, often hilariously, in a Muslim framework. 'But this is not a fairytale. The dark forest is real, and so are its secrets.
Who reads Not a Fairytale?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Shaida Kazie Ali [Ali, Shaida Kazie]
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House South Africa
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781415202821
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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