My Name is Zayzafoune

AR17b-B1917

  • Language : Arabic
  • Subject : Novels
  • Author : Sausan Jamil Hasan
  • ISBN : 9789776765450
  • Year : 2022

The novel explores Arab moral double standards which make the individual, women in particular, wear a false face and live as spectators of their own lives rather than autonomous players in them. The two names of the heroine of the novel (Jahida/Zayzafoune) serve to highlight these double standards. After a watershed moment in her life when she faints, at the age of sixty Zayzafoune realises that life can be imagined in a way entirely different to how she has lived it all these years.  Longlisted for the 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).

Back to previous page More Information

Out of stock

$28.95

Notify Me When Back To Stock
Notify Me

Add to wishlist

SECURED SSL

Categories

Recently Viewed

On SaleArabic

  • An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultur..

    -12%
    $21.96
  • The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights f..

    -15%
    $22.91
  • Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a family..

    -15%
    $27.16
  • Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place..

    -17%
    $29.01
  • In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his films..

    -35%
    $22.72
  • The delightful debut novel by Brooke Davis is now available in Arabic.  It is the story of a little red-haired girl who has lost h..

    -12%
    $20.20
  • Mandrake
    arabic

    The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beaut..

    -10%
    $12.56
  • The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in m..

    -20%
    $29.56
  • A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. ..

    -20%
    $29.56
  • Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up under..

    -12%
    $21.08
  • The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused of..

    -17%
    $27.35
  • The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

    -15%
    $21.21
  • Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowe..

    -15%
    $28.86
  • Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism an..

    -15%
    $20.36
  • The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherh..

    -15%
    $27.16
  • It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner pa..

    -15%
    $22.91

Book Details

Title My Name is Zayzafoune
Language Arabic
Subject Novels
Author
ISBN 9789776765450
Year
Native Title اسمي زيزفون
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st Edition
Pages 295
Native Author Name سوسن جميل حسن
Size 22 cm

Customers who bought this item also bought

MORE FROM THIS CATEGORY IN Arabic

© SAWA BOOKS     2015 - 2026    All rights reserved
..