LEADER 00000cam 22005298i 4500 001 on1235904050 003 OCoLC 005 20210802163854.0 008 210114s2021 mau 000 1 eng 010 2021001562 020 9781623718862|q(paperback) 020 1623718864 035 (OCoLC)1235904050 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dBDX|dYDX|dOCLCF|dWIQ|dNZAUC |dOCLCO|dNBO|dMCP 041 1 eng|hara 042 pcc 049 MCPL 050 00 PJ7930.J36|bA5313 2021 082 00 892.7/37|223 100 1 Ḥasan, Janá Fawwāz,|eauthor. 240 10 Aná, hiyá wa-al-ukhrayāt.|lEnglish 245 10 All the women inside me /|cJana Elhassan ; translated by Michelle Hartman. 263 2104 264 1 Northampton :|bInterlink Books,|c2021. 300 223 pages ;|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 "Originally published in Arabic in 2012 as Ana hiya wal oukhrayaat by Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc., Beirut, Lebanon."--Title page verson. 500 Includes translator's note. 520 "Surviving a cold childhood, overshadowed by her parents' unhappiness and their distant relationship to her, Sahar expects to escape through marriage when she meets the compelling and charming Sami, who is interested in every detail of her life. But what seemed at first to be his loving interest rapidly becomes controlling and ultimately abusive. Sahar yearns for a way out of her intertwined experiences of loss and loneliness. In All the Women Inside Me, Jana Elhassan presents an intricate psychological portrait of a woman, as well as the complexities of interpersonal relationships. The novel's innovative structure allows it to plumb psychological and philosophical depths beyond the specific characters revealing a profound humanity. Sahar's father is the lapsed leftist who masks his boredom by busying himself with great causes. Her depressed mother's nerves are as delicate as the crystal she keeps immaculately polished in her home. A charlatan sheikh trades in religious magic, making a profit off of people's misery. A boyfriend leaves his great love to marry a "more appropriate" good girl. Sahar navigates her way through so many relationships, ill -prepared by her parents and unhappy childhood home. Her imagination is what allows her to act out all of the desires she has been denied throughout her whole life, from her childhood to her abusive marriage. But she also finds solace in her best friend, Hala, who has faced her own difficult childhood and adolescence and later a series of destructive relationships. At the same time that this novel is able to capture the intensity of emotions and experiences in women's lives, it is not merely a story about the power of imagination to enrich the lives of oppressed women. Elhassan's novel is a stark appraisal of how far women are pushed and the length to which women will go to escape a reality that is rotten at the core"-- |cProvided by publisher. 546 Translated from the Arabic. 650 0 Women|vFiction. 650 0 Interpersonal relations|vFiction. 650 0 Abused women|vFiction. 650 7 Abused women.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00794870 650 7 Interpersonal relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977397 650 7 Women.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01176568 655 7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 Psychological fiction.|2gsafd 655 7 Psychological fiction.|2lcgft 655 7 Social problem fiction.|2lcgft 700 1 Hartman, Michelle,|etranslator. 994 C0|bMCP
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