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This book is suited for readers interested in women's rights, Middle Eastern culture, and contemporary social issues in religion and spirituality.
From the prize winning and bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele: a fascinating and witty collection ofessays on the lives of women grappling with sexual politics in a deeply conservative culture.
From the prize winning and bestselling author of Lullaby and Adèle: a fascinating and witty collection of essays on the lives of women grappling with sexual politics in a deeply conservative culture.
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Striking. - ELLE France
Brave. - iNews
Powerful. - TLS
Urgent. - Evening Standard
Original. - Cosmopolitan
In these essays, Leïla Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that at once condemns and commodifies sex. In a country where the law punishes and outlaws all forms of sex outside marriage, as well as homosexuality and prostitution, women have only two options for their sexual identities: virgin or wife. Sex and Lies is an essential confrontation with Morocco's intimate demons and a vibrant appeal for the universal freedom to be, to love and to desire.
'Leïla Slimani has a knack for breaking taboos... Sex and Lies is well executed: the novelist paints vivid portraits of her interviewees.' - The Times
'Slimani trusts in her outrage, in the force of her own voice, and the voices of the women she listens to.' - Guardian
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'Slimani trusts in her outrage, in the force of her own voice, and the voices of the women she listens to.' – Guardian
'This book of impassioned pleas, and of human impulses that resonate, is one step to more women breaking free.' – Evening Standard
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571377763
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Translated by Sophie Lewis
- Translated by Sophie Lewis
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 151g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Leila Slimani is the author of Adele, Sex and Lies and Lullaby, which made Slimani the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and hu-man rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French lan-guage and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981 and a citizen of France, she divides her time between Paris, Portu-gal and international commitments that take her around the globe.
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