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"Here, finally, is some writing with a genuine purchase on things of worth. The collection of pithy short stories, filled with a sad wonder, tells of contemporary Egyptians . . . timorously rebelling against the conformism of life along the Nile." ?Observer ". . . Bakr emerges as a fine observer of her country's times, with a vision which remains, for all its engagement, quirky and distinctively personal." ? Times Literary Supplement Set among the poor of contemporary Cairo, these thirteen stories and one short novella tell of women struggling to provide themselves with the basic necessities of life. They explore the limits of self-awareness, the pressures to conform, and some of the strange paths to escape that women resort to in a conservative society shot through with social and sexual prejudice and preconceptions.

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Author

Salwa Bakr

Publisher

Austin : University of Texas Press

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292708006

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.7 / 5 (33 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14