Woman at point zero
About this book
From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells of her life from village childhood to city prostitute. Society's retribution for her act of defiance - death - she welcomes as the only way she can finally be free.
Details
- First published
- 1983
- OL Work ID
- OL1602169W
Subjects
Arabic fictionTranslations into EnglishTranslations from ArabicFeminismFictionSocial conditionsProstitutesEnglish fictionWomen prisonersWomenEgypt, fictionFiction, generalFiction, womenProstituierteRomanTextModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)