The Almond
Subtitle: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman
Contributors: C. Jane Hunter (Translator)
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: May 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780802118059
Subjects: Literary; Fiction / Literary; Fiction - General; Fiction
First sentence: I, Badra bent Salah ben Hassan el-Fergani, born in Imchouk under the sign of Scorpio, shoe size thirty-eight, and soon to reach my fiftieth year, make the following declaration: I don't give a damn that Black women have delectable cunts and offer total obedience; that Babylonian women are the most desirable and women from Damascus the most tender to men; that Arab and Persian women are the most fertile and faithful; that Nubian women have the roundest buttocks, the softest skin, and passion that burns like a tongue of fire; that Turkish women have the coldest wombs, the most cantankerous temperament, the most rancorous heart, and the most radiant acumen; and that Egyptian women are soft-spoken, offer kind-hearted friendship, and are fickle in their constancy.