All that I want to forget / Bothayna Al-Essa ; translated by Michele Henjum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻĪsá, Buthaynah, author.

Contributor:

Henjum, Michele, translator.

Standardized Title:

Kabirtu wa nasaytu an ansa. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Kuwait--Fiction.

Young women.

Women poets--Fiction.

Women poets.

Arabic fiction.

Arranged marriage.

Kuwait.

Arranged marriage--Kuwait--Fiction.

Arabic fiction--21st century.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

260 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : Hoopoe, an imprint of American University in Cairo Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature--both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima's hopes and dreams are scrutinized, mocked, and slowly crushed as she is forced into his narrow vision of the right path. Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger. He is not the cruel tyrant her brother was, but still she did not choose him. Will she escape her past to live the life of love and poetry she craves?"--Amazon.com.

Notes:

"First published in Arabic in 2013 ... by Arab Scientific Publishers Inc."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9789774169083

9774169085

OCLC:

1048936273

Publisher Number:

99980259605