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Can I read A Sister to Scheherazade on EtoBox?
A Sister to Scheherazade by Assia Djebar is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Sister to Scheherazade about?
Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals. Ismaolder, vibrant, passionate, emancipatedis in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her countryand how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom.
Who reads A Sister to Scheherazade?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Assia Djebar
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780435086220
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14