A sister to Scheherazade

Djebar, Assia

Original title: Ombre sultane

earliest edition we have, 1987 Heinemann, 1987 159 pages

"Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals. Isma - older, vibrant, passionate, emancipated - is in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her country - and how, in making her escape,...

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A sister to Scheherazade edition · 1987 · Quartet Books · 159 pages
A sister to Scheherazade edition · 1987 · Heinemann · 159 pages

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