The golden chariot / by Salwa Bakr ; translated by Dinah Manisty.

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English
Εdition
1st English edition.
Published/​Created
Reading, UK : Garnet, ©1995.
Description
xi, 195 p. ; 21 cm.

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    Arab women writers [More in this series]
    Summary note
    From her cell in a women's prison, Aziza decides to create a golden chariot to take her to heaven, where her wishes and dreams can be fulfilled. As she muses on who to take with her, she tells the life stories of her fellow prisoners and decides in her heart which ones deserve a free ride to paradise. Aziza's cruelly frank comments about her friends and their various crimes - including murder, theft, and drug-dealing - weave these tales together into a contemporary Arabian Nights. Salwa Bakr takes a wry and cynical look at how women from widely differing backgrounds, some innocent and some guilty, come together in a single prison ward. Salwa Bakr's writing depicts life at the grassroots of Egypt's culture, admiring its resilience in the face of poverty and inequality. With a strong distrust of imported kitsch, western consumerism is contrasted with the indigenous culture.
    Notes
    Translation of: ʻArabah al-dhahabīyah lā taṣʻad ilá al-samāʾ.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (page x).
    ISBN
    • 1859640222 ((pbk.))
    • 9781859640227 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    95219550
    OCLC
    32851159
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