Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by El Saadawi, Nawal

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780863560767)

Author: Nawal El Saadawi
Product Type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by El Saadawi, Nawal

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor

$13.50
Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by El Saadawi, Nawal

Memoirs of a Woman Doctor

$13.50
Format: Paperback
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Rebelling against the constraints of family and society, a young Egyptian woman decides to study medicine, becoming the only woman in a class of men. Her encounters with the other students - as well as with male and female corpses in the autopsy room - intensify her search for identity. She realises that men are not gods, as her mother had taught her, that science cannot explain everything, and that she cannot be satisfied by living a life purely of the mind. After a brief and unhappy marriage, she throws herself into her work, becoming a successful and wealthy doctor. But at the same time, she becomes more aware of the injustice and hypocrisy in society. She comes to find fulfilment, not in isolation, but through her relationship with others. This novel will enhance Nawal El Saadawi's international reputation as a writer of power and compassion, deeply committed to the rights of Arab women.

Author: Nawal El Saadawi
ISBN-10: 0863560768
ISBN-13: 9780863560767
Publisher: Saqi Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 101
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.47w x 0.27d
By Nawal El Saadawi
By Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally-renowned Egyptian writer and feminist. Her book Woman and Sex, published in 1972, dealt openly with subjects considered taboo. Several of her novels have been translated into English. She is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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