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A novel on the oppression of women in Algeria. It features a family whose tyrannical father beats a daughter for menstruating, another daughter has to bandage her breasts to keep them small, and the mother squats over smoke in the hope of bearing a son. The author is an Algerian born in France.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 1998Barrytown Limited · 112 pages · 9781886449695
- Other · English · 1995Station Hill · 103 pages · 9780882681771
WomenSocial conditionsFictionMuslim women
