Woman at Point Zero
EUR 5,76
A Brave Book - If you want to read about a strong, non-Anglo, feminist perspective, read Ms. Saadawi s work. After reading this book about battered souls and battered women, I was compelled to volunteer at a domestic violence center. This book doesn t just encourage you to read this story, and stew at home, it makes you want to act out and do something to prevent violence in any form.
Forced to read - Forced to read this book in a modern contemporary fiction class in school, I found this to be one of the best assignments ever given to me. I could not put this volume of female oppression down. Although disturbing in some aspects, this book will envoke many conversations with friends and fellow students. Would you do the same as Firdaus or would you choose a different path? It has given me one of the best mottos to live by today: I hope for nothing, I want for nothing, I fear nothing, I am Free!
something new at every point - it s the only book i ve ever read that has something explosive at every turn. an amazing acount of the lives of muslim women in egypt.
it is good bok - send to me a summery for this bok and about nawal el saadaw
A very pleasing read - This novel is a very fast read. I m an average paced reader but got through this novella (about 105 pages) in about two hours which is hellishly fast.The main story is framed between two smaller sections. Part one is only about 8 pages and the writing style within it is poor as is part three but this is purposefully done because it is from the point of view of a psychologist. The meat of the story is heart-wrenching and ends in bittersweet triumphance. It s a gripping tale of a woman s search for freedom from the restrictions of her Egyptian/Arabic society. My only complaint is that the writing style isn t as great as I would have liked it to be but I have suspicion that this is the fault of the translator. It is certainly a page-turner that must be read in its entirity before a comment can be made. It gets better with each page. The storyline is excellent and it is very well constructed.It questions male dominance in Arabic society while taking you on a saddening ride with Firdaus, the prostitue. We see the effects of the dominant men in her life including her uncle and father and how this leads to her desiring to be a prostitute. Perplexingly enough we see that she prefers the street-life.Describing a woman looking for control and security, finally grasping it by commiting the ultimate sin which she finds to be no crime at all, Saadawi captures a disturbing picture of Egyptian society.I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in a good, quick, passionate read. One cannot help to sympathize with Firdaus and that s what makes this story so very sentimental.Read it in its entirity, try to in one sitting if possible, it will truly make your day and leave a lasting impression in your mind, in your heart, and in your soul.