God Dies By The Nile
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadow of Egypt's ancient Nile, power, desire, and religious authority collide in a story that refuses to look away. God Dies by the Nile follows the lives of impoverished villagers in a rural Egyptian community, where a corrupt and lecherous mayor wields absolute dominion over the bodies and fates of women, manipulating religious doctrine and social tradition to enforce his will — until the cycle of oppression demands an extraordinary act of resistance. Nawal El Saadawi, one of the Arab world's most fearless and celebrated feminist writers, constructs a searing indictment of patriarchy, political corruption, and the weaponisation of religion against the poor and the female. Her prose is spare yet devastating, each sentence carrying the weight of lives silenced for generations. Written with unflinching moral clarity, this landmark novel challenges readers to interrogate who truly holds power in the name of God — and what it costs those who dare to take it back.
Author: Nawal El Saadawi
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the shadow of Egypt's ancient Nile, power, desire, and religious authority collide in a story that refuses to look away. God Dies by the Nile follows the lives of impoverished villagers in a rural Egyptian community, where a corrupt and lecherous mayor wields absolute dominion over the bodies and fates of women, manipulating religious doctrine and social tradition to enforce his will — until the cycle of oppression demands an extraordinary act of resistance. Nawal El Saadawi, one of the Arab world's most fearless and celebrated feminist writers, constructs a searing indictment of patriarchy, political corruption, and the weaponisation of religion against the poor and the female. Her prose is spare yet devastating, each sentence carrying the weight of lives silenced for generations. Written with unflinching moral clarity, this landmark novel challenges readers to interrogate who truly holds power in the name of God — and what it costs those who dare to take it back.