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\nfemalc auchor in Arabic:Nawal El Saadawi has the  \nuncanny ability to place her finger on the  \nhot buttons that inflame Arab readers.  \nFiedwa Malri-Douglas  \n'To read this book is like looking into a kaleidoscope;as cach new elencnt in the story is added,  \nso a new configuration is fonned.  \nNawal EI Saadawi writes with directness and passionNew York Times  \nHanida and Hamido are twins,grown from a single embryo insideone womb.Violently parted,they search the city in the darkcningcircles of a dream,only to find,lose and again find each othcr,eachtime as ifit were the first.Their journey-terrifying and exact-leadsto an unbroken cycle of corruption and brutality.  \nWith a precisc and hypnotic intensity,Nawal EI Saadawi pursuesthe conflicts of sex,class,gender and military violencedeep into the psyche.  \nNYU BUUK CENTERS  \nFICT  \n9781848132269  \nCIRCL IMG SOND  \n2426799022951  \nDEPi  \nPRICE  \n307  \n$22,95  \n1  \n2  \nPraise for this book  \n'To read this book is like looking into a kaleidoscope;as each new element in the story is added,so a newconfiguration is formed.Independent  \n'Nawal EI Saadawi's technique is impressive:at once precise,controlled and hypnotic,even in translation.The style andmeaning of the book are one.A song with no beginning andno end,the author tells its universal story.\"  \nEverywoman  \n'This novel is a powerful example of the kind of anger anddesperation to which Arab women writers are beginningto give vent.'Choice  \n'Nawal EI Saadawi is a legend in her own time.This is an ambitious work indeed.  \nAmerican Book Review  \nOne of Saadawi's most powerful books that we have hadthe privilege to read in English.Unusual,original andunexpected,it's one of those very rare books which addressyou in many languages and can take you in manydifferent directions at once.Spare Rib  \n'Nawal EI Saadawiwrites with directness and passion.  \nNew York Times  \n# About this Series\n\nNAWAL EL SAADAWI's writing has the power to shock,move,inform and inspire.Her powerful stories of the lives of ordinarywomen in the Middle East remain as relevant today as when theywere first published a quarter of a century ago.  \nAn uncomfortable examination of gendered power andviolence,The Circling Song (I98g)is a powerful novel aboutthe complex relationship between Hamido and his twin sisterHamida.Hamida falls pregnant after being repeatedly sexuallyabused,whereupon her brother Hamido is charged by the familywith the task of killing Hamida in order to defend the family'shonour.In Searching (I99I),Saadawi tells the tale of Fouada,whose search for a lostlover leads her into a labyrinth of existen-tial torment and self-doubt.Overqualified for her mundane civilservice job,Fouada views her personal predicament as beingentwined with her professional ambitions -structurally heldback by the prejudices of a patriarchal society,Fouada strivesto achieve emotional fulfilment via professional recognition.Following on from the critical 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