Mother comes of age
Original title: Civilisation, ma mère!
earliest edition we have, 1984 Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998 125 pages
An English translation of a French novel which tells the story of an Arab woman who, encouraged by her sons, seeks knowledge of the outside world, eventually becoming an educator and activist. Setting his novel during World War II, Chraïbi opens the door on the protected and well-to- do world of an Arab woman whose role in society is restricted to that of wife and mother. At the urging of her two sons, she seeks kno...
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