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The Tent

The Tent

Calderbank, Anthony
Al-Tahawy, Miral

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Series: Modern Arabic Writing

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ISBN10: 9774245423
ISBN13: 9789774245428
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Nov 1 1998
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.80
Language: English

A journey inside the wounded hearts and minds of a group of Egyptian Bedouin women

The Tent is a beautifully written, powerful, and disturbing novel, featuring a host of women characters whose lives are subject to the will of a single, often absent, patriarch and his brutal, foul-mouthed mother. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the lives of the Bedouin and peasant women unfold, revealing the tragedy of the sonless mother and the intolerable heaviness of existence.

Set against trackless deserts and star-filled night skies, the story tells of the young girl's relationship with her distant father and a foreign woman who is well-meaning but ultimately motivated by self-interest. It provides an intimate glimpse inside the women's quarters, and chronicles their pastimes and preoccupations, their stories and their songs.

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