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  <title><![CDATA[Pillars of Salt (Interlink World Fiction)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Pillars of Salt is the story of two women confined in a mental hospital in Jordan during and after the British Mandate. After initial tensions they become friends and share their life stories.
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1996</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fadia Faqir]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not only a fascinating exploration of the kind of life many arab women face, it was also a page-turning, good read.  I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone looking to get into woman-centric Arab literature, and to those in love with literary criticism.  It seems easy on the surface, but this n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53997160">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 15:04:02 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, one of my favorites from my Middle Eastern Women's Lit class. SO beautifully written, so lyrical, so vibrant, and touches on so many issues and ideas! Again, would ideally be read in a good class setting or with a book about Middle East culture, history and modern philosophical struggles. I c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46072889">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for my Arab American Women Writers class. I don't really remember what the book was about. Something about an Arab woman escaping the clutches of her cruel brother, finding love, losing love, blah blah blah. The usual romantic stuff, except it was in Arabia in the early 20th century. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely worth reading.  One of the few novels, if not the only novel, about the Bedouin of the Moab region of Jordan.  ]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE.  ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 28 23:36:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  I took a World Culture studies class in college and this was one of the books I read.  I ended up reading it out loud to my roommate at night before bed because she fell in love with it, too.  It was VERY eye opening and kept my attention from the beginning.  Everyone should read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28581842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great novel! Became really depressing at one point. It demonstrates the grotesque gender inequality that exists in certain parts of the world, but does this in an unsuperficial way.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book, filled with information about life in the Middle Eastern world. This is not an easy book to read from an emotional standpoint. But, well worth it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 07:41:04 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am about to start this one for the book club in Amman.  We'll see how it goes!  ]]></body>
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    <review id="35278492">
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautifully written and one of the most vivid pieces of writing!  A must read...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disturbing. Read for Dr. L's contemp lit course.]]></body>
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    <review id="5468948">
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    <body><![CDATA[Jordan!! Jordanian writer!!! Wullahee!!]]></body>
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