Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Story of Zahra : A Novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh ISBN: 0-385-47206-4 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 15 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a page turner!
Comment: This book althought set in a world very different than my own, can be seen as universal. The trials of Zahra before the war and after the war show how a troubled woman with psychological disorders manages to survive in a somewhat difficult world. As an Arab woman with a psychological disorder, she is an outsider.
As Salwa Bakr notes in The Wiles of Men women are often seen as silly and crazy when they have psychological disorders.
Although the depiction of the war may not be as detailed or accurate as many wish, that is not what Al-Shaykh is trying to convey with this novel.
She is showing how the war is a catharsis for poor Zahra. While everyone's attention is towards the gory and war fears, Zahra is not pointed out as crazy and strange, she is able to live her own destiny.
This book is a page turner...highly recommended
Rating: 5
Summary: I Really Liked This Book
Comment: No one claimed that the book depicts the truth about Lebanese culture but it is a GREAT story. The author had be hooked by the third page and I couldn't wait to finish it.
Rating: 5
Summary: In response to all those who commented on this book....
Comment: This book is NOT meant to give an accurate picture of Lebenese life during the war, but of the life of a girl who has physcological problems.
 |
Title: Women of Sand and Myrrh : A Novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh, Catherine Cobham ISBN: 0385423586 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
 |
Title: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih ISBN: 0435900668 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 01 January, 1970 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
 |
Title: I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops by Hanan Al-Shaykh ISBN: 0385491271 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 17 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma by Naguib Mahfouz ISBN: 0385423349 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
 |
Title: Wild Thorns (Emerging Voices Series) by Sahar Khalifeh, Trevor Legassick, Elizabeth Fernea ISBN: 1566563364 Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
