Farida : a novel /
"Translated from French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott. Farida, a young woman in Tunis, is passionate about reading and loves the French language. But she is compelled to marry Kamel, a brute of a man, who drinks, keeps mistresses, and beats her when she talks back. But she is defiant, and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the French. |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Translated from French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott. Farida, a young woman in Tunis, is passionate about reading and loves the French language. But she is compelled to marry Kamel, a brute of a man, who drinks, keeps mistresses, and beats her when she talks back. But she is defiant, and takes comfort from her secret reading. The country is a French colony and male-dominated. Finally after ten years she is granted a divorce by the courts and lives with her son Tewfiq. A smoking, independent-minded divorcee, she sees the country attain its freedom from the French and its arrival into modern times; the growth of her son into a young businessman; and her granddaughter Leila mature into an independent, educated young woman. This is a novel of modern Tunisia told through the lives of its women."-- |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Farida. |
| Physical Description: | 263 pages ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Awards: | Governor General's Literary Award: Trans. Finalist, 2025 |
| ISBN: | 9781774151747 177415174X |