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World, all languages excluding Arabic, Catalan, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, all formats except film rights

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The story of Firdaus, one of the greatest characters ever created in fiction.

Reviews

'This extraordinary novel, written with such compassion, forces us to the edge, and deep inside what must be one of the worst tales of women's oppression while somehow managing to inspire hope, if only through the courage of Nawal El Saadawi for being one of the first to tell this story to the world.'
Jacqueline Rose

'One of the leading feminists of her generation.'
The Guardian

'Nawal el Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalisation of peasants and of women in to powerful allegory'
New York Times Book Review

'Scorching'
New Internationalist

'Leaves an indelible mark. This is a tale of injustice, inequality and sheer bad luck - written with such grace and skill as to be on a part with the finest literature of this or any era - haunting, poetic and fiercely relevant'.
Scott Pack, The Friday Project

'The most influential feminist thinker in the Arab world over the past half-century.'
Financial Times

Author Biography

Nawal El Saadawi was born in 1931, in a small village outside Cairo. She is the author of over 50 novels and short stories. As well as being a world renowned novelist she is a trained psychiatrist and outspoken advocate for feminism, socialism and anti-imperialism.