by Hanan Al-Shaykh · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422675853
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«Mujeres de arena y mirra» is the novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (302 pages, in Spanish).
Four women from different cultures meet in an unidentified Arab country, where traditions limit their freedom. Amid veils, perfumes and closed spaces, their lives cross and bonds of friendship, desire and rebellion are born. The novel explores female identity, repression and the search for autonomy in a patriarchal society.
Novel originally published in 1982; this Spanish edition, from Círculo de Lectores, is from 1999.
For readers interested in fiction about the female condition, feminism and Arab society.
