The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma, translated by C. Jane Hunter [in AsianWeek]
30 Jun, by in Adult Readers, African, European, Fiction, Repost, Translation
Published under a pseudonym because of its autobiographical nature, this hoping-to-be controversial novel recounts the erotic maturation of a young Muslim woman. She’s married off at 17 to an older man who brutalizes her under familial...
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