| Girls of Riyadh Contributor(s): Alsanea, Rajaa (Author), Alsanea, Rajaa (Translator), Booth, Marilyn (Translator) |
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ISBN: 014311347X ISBN-13: 9780143113478 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: A bold new voice from Saudi Arabia spins a fascinating tale of four young women attempting to navigate the narrow straits between love, desire, fulfillment, and Islamic tradition as the hidden world of today's upper-class Saudi women is revealed by an insider. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Epistolary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.46" W x 8.38" (0.56 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Alsanea's wisdom and insight into the female experience seem surreal. She captures the core, universal truths of the complications in finding and holding a life partner. Her characters provide wisdom to each other that are astounding in their accuracy, and Alsanea thus speaks for countless women everywhere." --Bookreporter.com When Rajaa Alsanea boldly chose to open up the hidden world of Saudi women--their private lives and their conflicts with the traditions of their culture--she caused a sensation across the Arab world. Now in English, Alsanea's tale of the personal struggles of four young upper-class women offers Westerners an unprecedented glimpse into a society often veiled from view. Living in restrictive Riyadh but traveling all over the globe, these modern Saudi women literally and figuratively shed traditional garb as they search for love, fulfillment, and their place somewhere in between Western society and their Islamic home. |