An autobiographical novel chronicles the sexual awakening of a Muslim woman as it follows the protagonist from a stifling Algierian household in the country to Tangiers, where she explores personal identity and sexuality free of the constraints of her upbringing.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0802142613
ISBN-13
9780802142610
Publication Date
Apr 2006
Item Weight
0.55 pounds
Length
7.99 inch
Width
5.51 inch
Height
0.75 inch
First Sentence
I, Badra bent Salah ben Hassan el-Fergani, born in Imchouk under the sign of Scorpio, shoe size thirty-eight, and soon to reach my fiftieth year, make the following declaration: I don't give a damn that Black women have delectable cunts and offer total obedience; that Babylonian women are the most desirable and women from Damascus the most tender to men; that Arab and Persian women are the most fertile and faithful; that Nubian women have the roundest buttocks, the softest skin, and passion that burns like a tongue of fire; that Turkish women have the coldest wombs, the most cantankerous temperament, the most rancorous heart, and the most radiant acumen; and that Egyptian women are soft-spoken, offer kind-hearted friendship, and are fickle in their constancy.
