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A review by lisagray68
Zeina by Nawal El Saadawi
1.0
This book looks great - and I love reading translated books and books about other cultures. However, I just couldn't get through this one.
I was often unsure who was speaking - seems like the author switches narrators/narration often and sometimes it is first person from the daughter Mageeda, sometimes it is third person about the mother, Bodour. Also, the mother has written a novel that parallels her life, and sometimes the book goes off on a long tangent about the main character of the book. I couldn't make any sense of it.
It's possible that it is a translation problem...?
I was often unsure who was speaking - seems like the author switches narrators/narration often and sometimes it is first person from the daughter Mageeda, sometimes it is third person about the mother, Bodour. Also, the mother has written a novel that parallels her life, and sometimes the book goes off on a long tangent about the main character of the book. I couldn't make any sense of it.
It's possible that it is a translation problem...?