The Story of Zahra Paperback - 1996
by Hanan Al-Shaykh
The haunting story of a young Lebanese woman who attempts to stem the violence in Beirut by initiating a sexual liaison with a sniper has "lifted the corner of a dark curtain" (Sunday Telegraph) from a world that fascinates us all. "A classic by any standards".--Village Voice Literary Supplement.
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With more than 21,000 copies in print of "Women Of Sand And Myrrh, and more than 15,000 copies of "The Story Of Zahra, Hanan al-Shaykh is the best known and most admired woman writer of the Arab world. The paperback publication of "Zahra will bring this passionate and courageous novel to a much larger group of readers. Its haunting story of a young Lebanese woman who attempts to stem the violence in Beirut by initiating a sexual liaison with a sniper has "lifted the corner of a dark curtain" ("Sunday Telegraph ) from a world that fascinates us all.
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- Title The Story of Zahra
- Author Hanan Al-Shaykh
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date December 15, 1996
- ISBN 9780385472067 / 0385472064
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.21 x 0.61 in (20.35 x 13.23 x 1.55 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Arab World
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94028745
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Library Journal, 03/01/1995, Page 0
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