Woman at Point Zero
Author(s): Nawal El-Saadawi
'All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up'. So begins Firdaus' story, leading to her grimy Cairo prison cell, where she welcomes her death sentence as a relief from her pain and suffering. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus suffers a childhood of cruelty and neglect. Her passion for education is ignored by her family, and on leaving school she is forced to marry a much older man. Following her escapes from violent relationships, she finally meets Sharifa who tells her that 'A man does not know a woman's value...the higher you price yourself the more he will realise what you are really worth' and leads her into a life of prostitution. Desperate and alone, she takes drastic action.
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- : Zed Books
- : Zed Books
- : 0.154221
- : 01 June 2007
- : .6 Inches X 5.06 Inches X 7.81 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nawal El-Saadawi
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 892/.736
- : 128