false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173091730m/245256.jpg 245256 1 In this moving fictional treatment of a Muslim woman's life, a personal and family crisis impels the heroine to reexamine traditional cultural attitudes toward women. Cast out and divorced by her husband, she finds herself in a strange new world. Both obstacles and support systems change as she actively participates in the struggle for Moroccan independence from France. This feminist novel is a literary statement in a modern realist style. Many novels by women of the Middle East that have been translated reflect Western views, values, and education. By contrast, <i>Year of the Elephant</i> is uniquely Moroccan and emerges from North African Islamic culture itself. Its subtle juxtaposition of past and present, of immediate thought and triggered memory, reflects the heroine's interior conflict between tradition and modern demands. The title refers to a famous battle described in the Koran. 237622 1989 Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation) total:28|5:9|4:6|3:11|2:2| 28 106 56 3 5 1 false false Thu Jul 12 17:26:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:28:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 31 10:38:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 10:40:57 -0700 2008 Author: Leila Abouzeid
Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)
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