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Tuesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM
ZOE FERRARIS discusses and signs
Finding Nouf
(Houghton Mifflin, $24.00)
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Kirkus raved: "Shifting desert sands and shifting attitudes reveal the complexities - and hypocrisy - of Saudi life. Nouf ash-Shrawi, the 16-year-old daughter of a wealthy Saudi family, has disappeared shortly before her much-anticipated marriage. Her brother Othman hires desert guide and tracker Nayir al-Sharqi to find her. Palestinian by birth, Nayir embraces the Bedouin culture that most Saudis claim as their birthright but have abandoned for a materialistic urban lifestyle... A finely nuanced first novel offering an exceptionally balanced look at male and female perspectives." And from Publishers Weekly: "A finely detailed literary mystery set in contemporary Saudi Arabia, Ferraris's debut centers on Nouf ash-Shrawi, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared into the desert three days before her marriage... Ferraris, who has lived in Saudi Arabia ... [gives] a fascinating glimpse into the workings and assumptions of Saudi society. As a mystery, it's fairly well-turned, but it's the characters and setting that sparkle." | |
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