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A review by khetsia
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
5.0
“I knew that my profession had been invented by men, and that men were in control of
both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another. Because I was intelligent I preferred to be a free prostitute, rather than an enslaved wife.”
I appreciated Woman at Point Zero for its poetic imageries and use of repetition which conveyed the weight of memory and associations, but I am forever indebted to it for its compassionate study of the the life of the woman under male supremacy: a tragic yet universal experience where deception is the only constant and truth, deadly salvation….
both our worlds, the one on earth, and the one in heaven. That men force women to sell their bodies at a price, and that the lowest paid body is that of a wife. All women are prostitutes of one kind or another. Because I was intelligent I preferred to be a free prostitute, rather than an enslaved wife.”
I appreciated Woman at Point Zero for its poetic imageries and use of repetition which conveyed the weight of memory and associations, but I am forever indebted to it for its compassionate study of the the life of the woman under male supremacy: a tragic yet universal experience where deception is the only constant and truth, deadly salvation….