A sister to Scheherazade
By: Assia Djebar ; translated by Dorothy S. Blair.
Publisher: Quartet Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Work titles: Ombre sultane.
Description: "Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals. Isma - older, vibrant, passionate, emancipated - is in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her country - and how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom"--Amazon.co.uk.
Notes: Translation of: Ombre sultane.

The second volume of a quartet. The first volume is: Fantasia : an Algerian cavalcade.

Includes bibliographic reference.