Bab El-Oued A Novel |
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| Author:
| Allouache, Merzak
Naqvi, Tahira |
| Translator:
| Brewer, Angela M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89410-860-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | Lynne Rienner Publishers
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| Imprint: | Three Continents |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Bored housewives, kept in seclusion, smuggling in Harlequin romances. Modish young men transformed into Islamic militants. A baker unwittingly caught in a web of intrigue, an imam whose faith is tested by urban corruption, a lonely divorcee accused of prostitution-all take part in Merzak Allouache's novel of a society on the brink of crisis.
Bored housewives, kept in seclusion, smuggling in Harlequin romances. Modish young men transformed into Islamic militants. A baker unwittingly caught in a web of intrigue, an imam whose faith is tested by urban corruption, a lonely divorcee accused of prostitution-all take part in Merzak Allouache's novel of a society on the brink of crisis.