Diary of a Child Called Souad |
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| Author:
| Saadawi, El |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78360-569-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Zed Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $161.00 |
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Diary of a Child Called Souad, El Saadwi gives us a young female protagonist whose spirit longs for freedom from the restraints in her world that she does not understand. Through Souad's eyes, we see the oppression of women within a household, as we witness her grandfather's fierce dominance over her family and her grandmother's and aunt's unbearable silence. With Souad's story, El Saadwi paints a precise, tragic portrait of the personal--yet universal--tragedy...
More DescriptionIn Diary of a Child Called Souad, El Saadwi gives us a young female protagonist whose spirit longs for freedom from the restraints in her world that she does not understand. Through Souad's eyes, we see the oppression of women within a household, as we witness her grandfather's fierce dominance over her family and her grandmother's and aunt's unbearable silence. With Souad's story, El Saadwi paints a precise, tragic portrait of the personal--yet universal--tragedy experienced by an entire society of Egyptian girls.