A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi by Nawal El Saadawi

A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi

Nawal El Saadawi

368 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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Nawal El Saadawi is one of the greatest writers to come out of the Arab world. Born into a small Egyptian village in 1931, her life and writings have shown an extraordinary strength of character and a unique ability to create new worlds in the fig...

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Moods

informative 100%
reflective 100%
challenging 66%
emotional 66%
inspiring 66%
dark 33%
hopeful 33%
tense 33%

Pace

slow 66%
medium 33%

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3.94

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