by Hanan Al-Shaykh · Ediciones del Bronce · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484539605
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«Mujeres de arena y mirra» is the novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh, published in 2002 by Ediciones del Bronce in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
Four women from different backgrounds meet in an unnamed Arab country: Suha flees the Lebanese war, Tamr fights to study, Suzanne, an American housewife, seeks adventure, and Nur uses her sexuality as a weapon. Amid severe laws and supervised freedom, their lives reveal desire, rebellion and solidarity in a world that confines them.
Translation from English by Pau and Lluís M. Todó of the original «Women of sand and myrrh». Booket Novel collection, no. 2075.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in stories about women and Middle Eastern literature.
Hanan al-Shaykh is a Lebanese author.
