
All That I Want to Forget
Bothayna Al-Essa(Author)
The American University in Cairo Press
Published on 18. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-977-416-908-3 (ISBN)
Description
Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature-both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima's hopes and dreams are scrutinized, mocked, and slowly crushed as she is forced into his narrow vision of the right path.
Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger. He is not the cruel tyrant her brother was, but still she did not choose him.
Will she escape her past to live the life of love and poetry she craves?
Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger. He is not the cruel tyrant her brother was, but still she did not choose him.
Will she escape her past to live the life of love and poetry she craves?
Reviews / Votes
[A] breathless, kaleidoscopic novel ... Al-Essa has advanced and amplified a vital message: that self-expression and self-realisation, as ever, go hand in hand. * Banipal: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cairo
Egypt
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-977-416-908-3 (9789774169083)
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Bothayna Al-Essa is a bestselling and award-winning Kuwaiti author. She has published nine novels, as well as collections of essays, children's books, and translations from English into Arabic. She lives in Kuwait.
Michele Henjum is a translator with an MA in comparative literature. She lives in Cairo.
Michele Henjum is a translator with an MA in comparative literature. She lives in Cairo.