Author : Wafa Ghorbel
Publisher : Dialogos / Lavender Ink
ISBN 13 : 9781944884994
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (849 download)
Book Synopsis Black Jasmine by : Wafa Ghorbel
Download or read book Black Jasmine written by Wafa Ghorbel and published by Dialogos / Lavender Ink. This book was released on 2022 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Peter Thompson. This gripping first novel of the well-known Tunisian writer and performer Wafa Ghorbel won her the Prix Découverte, among the prestigious Comar d'Or prizes, when it was released in French in 2016. Now translated into multiple languages, and with a sequel in the works, this novel/memoir takes us from Ghorbel's abused childhood through college years at the Sorbonne, a difficult sexuality and early marriage, all in the form of an epistolary to her rapist. Ghorbel's voice is at times cool and judgmental, at times breaking with emotion, but always compelling, as it traces her move to France and a growing resistance to the restrictive laws and traditions in her home country. Fiction. Middle Eastern Studies. Women's Studies.