Women of sand and myrrh - Hanan Shaykh

A powerful and moving novel, by the Arab worldsleading woman novelist, about four women copingwith the insular, oppressive society of an unnameddesert state.

Hanan al-Shaykh,an award-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright, is the author of the short story collectionI Sweep the Sun off Rooftops; the novels One Thousand and One Nights, The Story of Zahra, Women of Sand and Myrrh, Beirut Blues, andOnly in London; and a memoir about her mother,The Locust and the Bird.She was raised in Beirut, educated in Cairo, and lives in London.

"A gifted andcourageous writer."--Middle EasternInternational