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Author: Latifa al-Zayyat ,
Marilyn Booth
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint: Hoopoe
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 20.50cm
Weight: 0.365kg
ISBN: 9789774168277
ISBN 10: 9774168275
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 18 January 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Absorbing ... Superbly translated ... Arguably the best modern [Egyptian] novel not written by Nobel laureate Mahfouz.""--Kirkus Reviews""Recommended.""--Choice""Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers.""--Naguib Mahfouz""A pioneering work on many levels.""--Al Jadid""A great anticolonialist work in a feminist key.""--Ferial Ghazoul""Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness.""--Abdel Moneim Tallima"
Absorbing . . . Superbly translated . . . Arguably the best modern [Egyptian] novel not written by Nobel laureate Mahfouz. --<strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em> </strong><em></em> Recommended. --<strong><em>Choice</em> </strong><em></em> Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers. --<strong>Naguib Mahfouz</strong> A pioneering work on many levels. --<strong><em>Al Jadid</em> </strong><em></em> A great anticolonialist work in a feminist key. --<strong>Ferial Ghazoul</strong> Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness. --<strong>Abdel Moneim Tallima</strong>
Absorbing ... Superbly translated ... Arguably the best modern [Egyptian] novel not written by Nobel laureate Mahfouz. --Kirkus Reviews Recommended. --Choice Latifa al-Zayyat greatly helped all of us Egyptian writers in our early writing careers. --Naguib Mahfouz A pioneering work on many levels. --Al Jadid A great anticolonialist work in a feminist key. --Ferial Ghazoul Not only a great novel, but a literary landmark that shaped our consciousness. --Abdel Moneim Tallima
Author Information
Latifa al-Zayyat (1923-96) struggled all her life to uphold just causes-national integrity, the welfare of the poor, human rights, freedom of expression, and the rejection of all forms of imperialist hegemony. As a professor of English literature at Ain Shams University, her critical output was no less prolific than her creative writing, but the creative, academic, and political strands of her personality were interwoven. The Open Door is generally recognized as her magnum opus. Marilyn Booth, the translator of numerous works of Arabic fiction, is Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor in the Study of the Contemporary Arab World in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University.
