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Bothayna Al-Essa

Born

in Kuwait

September 03, 1982

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Bothayna El Essa (Arabic: بثينة العيسى) is a novelist from Kuwait. A well-known author in modern Arabic literature, her novel The Book Censor's Library was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction in their category for translated literature. ...more

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	كبرت ونسيت أن أنسى by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 18,288 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	خرائط التيه by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 13,457 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	حارس سطح العالم by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 9,555 ratings — published 2019 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عائشة تنزل إلى العالم السفلي by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 7,528 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ارتطام لم يسمع له دوي by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 5,221 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كل الأشياء by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 4,732 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	قيس وليلى والذئب by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 5,150 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	السندباد الأعمى: أطلس البحر والحرب by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 3,928 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عروس المطر by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 4,053 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تحت أقدام الأمهات by Bothayna Al-Essa, بثينة العيسى (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 2,881 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“HUMAN EXISTENCE IS SUFFERING. THE ROOT OF SUFFERING IS DESIRE. THE ROOT OF DESIRE IS IMAGINATION.”
― Bothayna Al-Essa, The Book Censor's Library

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“He knew that he was caught in the throat of a word that would never utter him, a word that he, too, would never let past his lips.”
― Bothayna Al-Essa, The Book Censor's Library

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“He’d come to understand that they weren’t waging a war against books so much as a war against reading. Reading was a bad habit, but you couldn’t keep people from doing it, just as you couldn’t keep them from smoking or having sex. All you could do was limit their options, give them the illusion of choice. Then, all on their own, they would turn away. In the future, he and the other censors wouldn’t need to ban any books—no one would read them anyway. It was as if he could see the future of humankind in a crystal ball.”
― Bothayna Al-Essa, The Book Censor's Library

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