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Book SynopsisSurrounded by a coterie of ministers, the Imam rules over an imaginary earthly kingdom. Bint Allah is the Daughter of God, a beautiful illegitimate girl. She is falsely accused by the Imam of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Then, during the annual Victory Holiday, the Imam himself is killed. The story of each of these deaths is told repeatedly, as this powerful and poetic novel reveals the underlying hypocrisy of any male-dominated religious state, and the insufferable predicament of women in a society that must ultimately self-destruct.
Trade Review'A poignant - and brave - writer' Marie Claire; 'More than any other woman, El Saadawi has come has come to embody the trials of Arab feminism' San Francisco Chronicle; 'The leading spokeswoman on the status of women in the Arab world' The Guardian; 'El-Saadawi writes beautifully and in abundant and evocative physical detail of an Egypt that remains closely tied to the land and to a way of life that in many respects has not changed for centuries.' Publishers Weekly; 'El-Saadawi is a straight shooter and one of the most controversial writers of the latter half of this century.' Library Journal
