tippy bottom reviewed Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
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4 stars
man this was intense
128 pages
English language
Published June 29, 1984
Woman at Point Zero
4 stars
(1 review)
Woman at Point Zero (Arabic: امرأة عند نقطة الصفر, Emra'a enda noktat el sifr) is a novel by Nawal El Saadawi written in 1975 and published in Arabic in 1977. The novel is based on Saadawi's meeting with a female prisoner in Qanatir Prison and is the first-person account of Firdaus, a murderess who has agreed to tell her life story before her execution. The novel explores the themes of women and their place within a patriarchal society.