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      The Story of Zahra

      by Hanan Al-Shaykh
      Published
      Dec 1993
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      215
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      Zahra's mother uses her as a cover for her meetings with a lover; Zahra's strict father mistreats her for being complicit in her mother's affair. Fleeing from Beirut in search of solace, Zahra stays with her uncle in West Africa—and then uses marriage as another kind of escape. Back in Beirut, love finally comes to her, but with terrible consequences. Banned in several Middle Eastern countries since its original publication, The Story of Zahra is an intoxicating, provocative story of a young woman's coming of age in a city torn apart by war.

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      Dec 1996 Anchor ISBN 0385472064
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      Sep 1991 Knopf ISBN 0704301474
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      First Edition Dec 1993 Doubleday ISBN 0385471300
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      Jan 2023 Anchor ISBN B0BRWNRXHR
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