| Description |
1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages, 285 pages) |
| Note |
Translation of: Shérazade: 17 ans, brune, frisée, les yeux verts (published in the original French by Editions Stock, 1982). |
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Preliminary pages include a glossary and an introduction by the translator. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; About Author; Title Page; Copyright; Glossary; Introduction; Sherazade. |
| Summary |
Sherazade is seventeen, Algerian, and a runaway in Paris. This novel exposes with honesty and lyricism the various issues that affect a young woman living in a city which is both sophisticated and provincial, liberal and conservative, tolerant and prejudiced. In Paris, Sherazade is pursued by Julian, the son of French-Algerians who is an ardent Arabist. Pigeon-holed by Julian into the traditional exotic mold, Sherazade endeavors to create her own definition of Algerian femininity and in doing so breaks down conventions and stereotypes. It is Julian's obsession with her that spurs her on to s. |
| Subject |
Algerians -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
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Runaway teenagers -- Fiction.
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Teenage girls -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
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Paris (France) -- Ethnic relations -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Algerians. (OCoLC)fst00804971
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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Runaway teenagers. (OCoLC)fst01101304
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Teenage girls. (OCoLC)fst01145412
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France -- Paris.
(OCoLC)fst01205283
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Blair, Dorothy S., translator.
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| Added Title |
Shérazade. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sebbar, Leïla. Shérazade. English. Sherazade 1566569885 (OCoLC)879904601 |
| ISBN |
9781623710514 (electronic bk.) |
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1623710510 (electronic bk.) |
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