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The Sand Fish

The Sand Fish

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Produktbeskrivelse

Seventeen-year-old Noora is not like the other women of the sun-battered mountains of the Arabian Peninsula in the 1950s. She shares their poverty and uncomplaining existence, but carries a fiery independence. With the death of her mother, her father sinks into a dazed madness. That's when her brother assumes responsibility and insists that she marry. Noora refuses, and flees to a nearby mountain village. While in hiding, she falls for the first man who's ever recognized her beauty and femininity, only to discover to her horror that he is already promised to another village daughter. Noora is shattered and returns home to find that her father has disappeared and that her brother has arranged her marriage. As she begins her new life by the sea, Noora remembers the sand fish, a desert lizard she had spotted in the mountains. In its panic at her intrusion, it did only what was natural: it dove into the rocks, again and again, till it bashed its snout. Just like the sand fish, she is stuck in the wrong place, struggling to escape. At night, she 'performs her duty' and during the day, she faces the increasing impatience of the first wife, and the jealously of the second wife. Her heart is full of fear that her inability to conceive might result in being thrown out of the house, with nowhere to go. She is miserable, until a brief, intense affair with her husband's apprentice finally leads to a pregnancy - and a secret - that she must guard with her life.

Artikkel nr.

98e06379-e7d2-48bb-9b03-bd014264d975

Egenskaper

Modell/Type

Papirbok

Bokomslagstype

Større heftet bok

Antall sider

368 sider

Skrevet av

Maha Gargash

Utgiver

Harper Perennial

Bokformat

Handelsformat

Trimstørrelse (BxDxH)

134 x 21 x 203 mm

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9780061744679

BISAC1

Fiction/General

ISBN 10

0061744670

The Sand Fish

229 kr

229 kr

På lager

To., 20 mars - on., 26 mars


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14 dagers åpent kjøp


Selges og leveres av

Adlibris