Women of Sand and Myrrh

Women of Sand and Myrrh

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A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab world’s leading woman novelist, about four women coping with the insular, oppressive society of an unnamed desert state."A gifted and  courageous writer."–Middle Eastern  InternationalHanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collection I Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, and Only in London; and a memoir about her mother, The Locust and the Bird. She was raised in Beirut, educated in Cairo, and lives in London.US

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Weight 8.0704 oz
Dimensions 0.6600 × 5.2600 × 7.9600 in
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