Bothayna Al-Essa
Author
Language
English
Description
Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature-both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima's hopes and dreams are scrutinized, mocked, and slowly crushed as she is forced into his narrow vision of the right path.
Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off...
Author
Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A perilous and fantastical satire of banned books, secret libraries, and the looming eye of an all-powerful government, from award-winning Kuwaiti author Bothayna Al-Essa. The newly-appointed censor hasn't slept soundly in weeks. By day he combs through manuscripts at a government office, skimming for anything that would make a book unfit to publish-like allusions to queerness, unapproved religions, or any mention of life before the Revolution. But...