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From sleep unbound
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- Book Synopsis
- From Sleep Unbound portrays the life of Samya, an Egyptian woman who is taken at age 15 from her Catholic boarding school and forced into a loveless and humiliating marriage. Eventually sundered from every human attachment, Samya lapses into despair and despondence, and finally an emotionally caused paralysis. But when she shakes off the torpor of sleep, the sleep of avoidance, she awakens to action with the explosive energy of one who has been reborn.
- About The Author
- Andrée Chedid is a poet, essayist, dramatist and novelist of Egypto-Lebanese origin. Born and educated in Cairo, where she received a degree in literature from the American University, she moved to Paris in 1946, and became a naturalized French citizen. She is the recipient of many literary awards, including the Prix Louise Labbé (poetry), 1969; Aigle d'or de la poesie, 1972; Grand prix de l'Academie Belge, 1974; Prix de l'afrique Méditeranéenne, 1974; Prix Mallarmé (poetry), 1976; and Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, 1979.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780804008372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Swallow Press, (30 September 1983)
- Number of Pages
- 141
- Weight
- 210 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 213 x 140 x 11 mm
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