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The Story of Zahra

A Novel

By Hanan al-Shaykh

By Hanan al-Shaykh

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Dec 15, 1996 | ISBN 9780385472067

The Story of Zahra by Hanan al-Shaykh
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Dec 15, 1996 | ISBN 9780385472067

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About The Story of Zahra

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 marriage as another kind of escape. Back in Beirut, love finally comes to her, but with terrible consequences. Banned in several Middle Eastern countries since its original publication, The Story of Zahra is an intoxicating, provocative story of a young woman’s coming of age in a city torn apart by war.

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About Hanan al-Shaykh

Hanan al-Shaykh, an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short-story collections I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops and One Thousand and One Nights; the novels The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues,… More about Hanan al-Shaykh

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Military Fiction

Paperback | $16.95
Published by Anchor
Dec 15, 1996 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385472067

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Praise

"The Story Of Zahra is a classic by  any standards."–Village Voice  Literary Supplement.  

"This rich tale mesmerizes with its frank sexuality  and scenes of war-torn  Beirut."–Publishers Weekly.

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