Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Lewis, Sophie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adèle

In these essays, Leila Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that at once condemns and commodifies sex. In a country where the law punishes and outlaws all forms of sex outside marriage, as well as homosexuality and prostitution, women have only two options for their sexual identities: virgin or wife. Sex and Lies is an essential confrontation with Morocco's intimate demons and a vibrant appeal for the universal freedom to be, to love and to desire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571355051
• Artikelnr.: 58476628

Autorenporträt

Leïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.

Rezensionen

A collection of poignant testimonies on the condition of women in Morocco... Leila Slimani gives readers one of the secrets of women's emancipation: access to knowledge and the power to share it with other women. Sex and Lies [is] an important book. Ariele Bonte RTL France