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My Men (Paperback): Malika Mokeddem My Men (Paperback)
Malika Mokeddem; Translated by Laura Rice, Karim Hamdy
R590 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R101 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A cross between kiss-and-tell and curse-and-tell, Malika Mokeddem's memoir of the men in her life presents a mosaic of relationships defining what it is to be a woman, an immigrant, a doctor, and a citizen of an uncertain world. From her childhood days in French colonial Algeria to her later years as a doctor in Paris and a writer in Montpellier, Mokeddem traces the path of a brilliant girl in a world of men. Anorexia, insomnia, financial independence, escapism in books, atheism, self-imposed exile, painting, and the poetics of free love--such are the various ways in which she has responded to discrimination. Mokeddem hauntingly describes how her literary and medical careers blossomed along with her sexuality and her desire to escape the gender bias that shackled Algerian tradition. At once a scathing critique of Algerian patriarchy and a soaring tribute to the men who opened a window on the world, Mokeddem's story is a fascinating portrait of gender as it is actually felt, lived, and never left behind.

The Forbidden Woman (Paperback): Malika Mokeddem The Forbidden Woman (Paperback)
Malika Mokeddem; Translated by Karen Melissa Marcus
R496 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Save R61 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The Forbidden Woman" tells the story of Sultana, an Algerian woman doctor who, after years spent living in France, returns to her native village in order to attend the funeral of a former lover. The clash between her origins and the Westernized life she now leads is explored in telling detail against the backdrop of current events in Algeria. A work that combines insight into both political and personal matters, "The Forbidden Woman" develops a complex portrait of a country torn between progress and prejudice, secular life and Islamic fundamentalism.

In this passionate book, Malika Mokeddem places special emphasis on the position of women in modern Algeria. The frequent indignities and injustices suffered by the narrator reflect the plight of women in a society marked by patriarchalism and religious fundamentalism. Yet the novel also suggests that, along with modernization, there are emerging demands for women's rights in Algeria--demands that might well signal a vastly different future for this tormented nation.

Je dois tout a ton oubli (French, Hardcover): Malika Mokeddem Je dois tout a ton oubli (French, Hardcover)
Malika Mokeddem
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Des reves et des assassins (French, Paperback): Malika Mokeddem Des reves et des assassins (French, Paperback)
Malika Mokeddem
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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