From Sleep Unbound - Couverture souple

Chedid, Andrée

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080400837X ISBN 13 : 9780804008372

Editeur : Swallow Press, 1983

Synopsis

From Sleep Unbound portrays the life of Samya, an Egyptian woman who is taken at age 15 from her Catholic boarding school and forced into a loveless and humiliating marriage. Eventually sundered from every human attachment, Samya lapses into despair and despondence, and finally an emotionally caused paralysis. But when she shakes off the torpor of sleep, the sleep of avoidance, she awakens to action with the explosive energy of one who has been reborn.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrée Chedid is a poet, essayist, dramatist and novelist of Egypto-Lebanese origin. Born and educated in Cairo, where she received a degree in literature from the American University, she moved to Paris in 1946, and became a naturalized French citizen. She is the recipient of many literary awards, including the Prix Louise Labbé (poetry), 1969; Aigle d'or de la poesie, 1972; Grand prix de l'Academie Belge, 1974; Prix de l'afrique Méditeranéenne, 1974; Prix Mallarmé (poetry), 1976; and Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, 1979.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Swallow Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080400837X
• ISBN 13: 9780804008372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 158
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• Personne responsable: non disponible