Woman at Point Zero
1977 novel by Nawal el Saadawi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1977 novel. For the 2022 opera of the same name, see Woman at Point Zero (opera).
Woman at Point Zero (Arabic: امرأة عند نقطة الصفر, Emra'a enda noktat el sifr) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi written in 1975 and published in Arabic in 1977. The novel is based on Saadawi's meeting with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed to tell her life story before her execution. The novel explores the themes of women and their place within a patriarchal society.
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Author | Nawal El Saadawi |
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Original title | Emra'a enda noktat el sifr |
Translator | Sherif Hetata |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Genre | Creative nonfiction |
Publisher | Beirut: Dar al-Adab (Arabic) London: Zed Books (English) |
Publication date | 1977 |
Published in English | 1983 |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 114 |
OCLC | 1260661834 |
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