The Sacred Night
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Book Overview
The haunting continuation of The Sand Child, Ben Jelloun concludes Ahmed's, now Zahra's, journey. Winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt The Sacred Night continues the remarkable story Tahar Ben Jelloun began in The Sand Child. Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801864410
ISBN13:9780801864414
Release Date:August 2000
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
beautiful view of North Africa
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
THis is a lovely piece of writing about a culture which is little known: North Africa. It is about love and sensuousness.
sequel to "L'enfant de sable"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This book is a sequel to "L'enfant de sable". Zahra, (previously Ahmed) embarks on a journey where she discovers and lives her true gender against all odds and against all the challenges and negatives imposed by a chauvinistic society on those of "her" gender, with freedom being the only reward. The writing style is rather strange, told by (several) mystical story tellers, who seem to compete against one another for the "true" version of the story that the reader will ultimately believe. Because we are subjective, every reader will read this story in a different way. But isn't this the way all stories are read?
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