The Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-Shaykh

The Story of Zahra

Hanan Al-Shaykh with Peter Ford (Translator)

184 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional sad slow-paced
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 Zahra's mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra's strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother's affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa--and then uses ma...

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