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Chargement... Traces of Enayatpar Iman Mersal
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When Iman Mersal stumbles upon a great ?? yet forgotten ?? novel written by Enayat al-Zayyat, a young woman who killed herself in 1963, four years before her book was published, Mersal begins to research the writer. She tracks down Enayat's best friend, who had been Egypt's biggest movie star at the time; she is given access to Enayat's diaries. Mersal can't accept, as has been widely speculated since Enayat's death, that a publisher's rejection was the main reason for Enayat's suicide. From archives, Enayat's writing, and Mersal's own interviews and observations, a remarkable portrait emerges of a woman striving to live on her own terms, as well as of the artistic and literary scene in post-revolution Cairo. Blending research with imagination, and adding a great deal of empathy, the award-winning Egyptian poet Iman Mersal has created an unclassifiable master Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)892.736Literature Literature of other languages Middle Eastern languages Arabic (Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan) Arabic fiction 1945–2000ÉvaluationMoyenne:
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Through research and interviews she tries to uncover the biography of Enayet, shrouded by time in obscurity. The story unfolds in a spiral, circling around the core event of Enayat’s suicide. As layers of the story are uncovered, and the spiral circles deeper and deeper, it becomes clear that the protagonist is the author herself, trying to understand and come to grips with her own inner shadows.
Steeped in the intellectual world of her academic life and the political ideologies of her youth, Mersal attempts to box Enayat in, to uncover the “true” story of her life.. But her deep connection to Enayet’s spirit allows her and Enayet to break out from the constricting bounds of society, ideology and culture, and tell a moving story of human spirit yearning to create and be free. ( )