L'amande

'My ambition is to give back to the women of my blood the power of speech confiscated by their men.' Badra is a young girl from a traditional North African Berber village fascinated with the sensuous mystery of her own body. Grim reality intervenes when she ismarried off to a much older man, andbrutally raped on her wedding night. It is enough to convince her that sexual pleasure exists only for men and, by extension, is a woman's burden. Years after utter desperation has driven Badra to escape from her cruel husband to the city, a handsome doctor appears in her life. Driss teaches Badra to love her own body, and introduces her to a world of sexual passion that she had never imagined. But as her dependence on him intensifies so do Driss's demands, and suddenly Badra is faced with a manipulative lover forcing her into increasingly degrading sexual acts. Fighting against her urge to submit, Badramust escape this man if she is ever to rediscover her self-esteem. L'Amande, written under a pseudonym by a North African woman living in France, reads like an erotic manifesto for modern women who want to break free from the repressive bonds of cultural tradition to unashamedly demand their right to pleasure.

L'Amande

Literature & Fiction

Nedjma

Contemporary

DOUBLEDAY

Almond, The [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Nedjma

Black Swan.

An autobiographical novel chronicles the sexual awakening of a Muslim woman as it follows the protagonist from a stifling Algierian household in the country to Tangiers, where she explores personal identity and sexuality free of the constraints of her upbringing. 35,000 first printing.

The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman

GROVE PRESS

An autobiographical erotic novel written by an observant Muslim woman in contemporary North Africa, The Almond is an extraordinary and pioneering literary work, a truly unforgettable journey into the sexual undercurrents of a world that is, outwardly and to Western eyes, puritanical. Badra is a young Muslim widow who flees the small town of Imchouk to take refuge with her Uncle Slimane's iconoclastic ex-wife. In Imchouk, it was expected that Badra's life should be limited by her husband's wishes, but at Aunt Selma's, Badra begins to think about how she wants to live from now on. She recalls her youthful curiosity about sex — what other girls' and women's bodies were like, her first attempts to spy on men, her fascination with the two beautiful prostitute sisters who lived outside Imchouk. When she develops a passionate, consuming relationship with a wealthy doctor, Badra remembers and rediscovers her own sexual being, in scenes that are erotic, revelatory, and sometimes bittersweet. C. Jane Hunter's translation gives us a book of great power that resembles a Muslim Vagina Monologues. The Almond is an inspiring and illuminating novel that reminds us of the transformative power of desire and pleasure.

PLON

Genre Fiction

Pocket

Wilde Feigen

Droemer/knaur

HARTA DE UN MARIDO TIRÁNICO Y DE UN MATRIMONIO INSATISFACTORIO, LA JOVEN BADRA HUYE DE SU PUEBLO Y SE DIRIGE A TÁNGER PARA HOSPEDARSE EN CASA DE SU TÍA SELMA. ALLÍ COMENZARÁ UNA NUEVA VIDA, LEJOS DE LAS IMPOSICIONES Y LAS CRÍTICAS DE SU FAMILIA POLÍTICA, LA CUAL LE REPROCHA NO HABER TENIDO HIJOS. EN LA GRAN CIUDAD BADRA CONOCE A DRISS, UN MÉDICO DE QUIEN SE ENAMORA Y CON EL CUAL ENTABLA UNA APASIONADA RELACIÓN FÍSICA QUE INFLAMA SUS SENTIDOS Y LA LLEVA A CONOCER UN MUNDO DE SENSUALIDAD Y PLACERES HASTA ENTONCES DESCONOCIDOS. NEDJMA ES EL SEUDÓNIMO UTILIZADO POR LA AUTORA, QUIEN NO PUDO FIRMAR CON SU VERDADERO NOMBRE DEBIDO A LA TEMÁTICA DE ESTE LIBRO. SOLO SE SABE QUE RONDA LOS CUARENTA AÑOS Y QUE VIVE EN UN PAÍS MAGREBÍ.

Almendra, La

Océano exprés

New, unread, unworn, unopened, unmarked hardcover with like-new dust jacket, from Circulo de Lectores. By Nedjma. Spanish language. Traduccion de Cora Cebza. ISBN 84-672-1369-8.

La Almendra: Memorias eroticas de una mujer arabe

Círculo de Lectores

La almendra/ The almond (Spanish Edition)

Literary

Maeva Ediciones S A

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