Love in the Kingdom of Oil
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Saqi Books
Published:4th Apr '19
Should be back in stock very soon
A woman disappears without trace. Nobody, including the police commissioner investigating the case, can understand how a woman could simply walk away, leaving husband and home behind. After all, in the Kingdom of Oil where His Majesty reigns supreme, no woman has ever dared disobey the command of men. When the woman finally reappears, there is a blurring between the men in her life, as she leaves one to join another, then returns to her first husband who has since taken a new wife. She is trapped in a man-made web, unable to escape from a male figure who continually fills urns that she must carry. Surreal and satirical, Love in the Kingdom of Oil is a startling reflection on the limits of female freedom in a patriarchal society.
'At a time when nobody else was talking, (El Saadawi) spoke the unspeakable.' Margaret Atwood
ISBN: 9780863566264
Dimensions: 203mm x 140mm x 19mm
Weight: 156g
160 pages
2nd edition