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"All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up." --Excerpt

This is a new edition of the best-selling novel with a specially commissioned new Foreword by Miriam Cooke.

"Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalization of peasants and of women into powerful allegory."--New York Times Book Review

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"All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up." --Excerpt

This is a new edition of the best-selling novel with a specially commissioned new Foreword by Miriam Cooke.

"Saadawi writes with directness and passion, transforming the systematic brutalization of peasants and of women into powerful allegory."--New York Times Book Review

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781842778739
  • Publisher: Zed Books
  • Publication date: 8/7/2007
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 84,238
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.77 (h) x 0.32 (d)

Meet the Author

Nawal El Saadawi now works as a writer, psychiatrist and activist. Her many prizes and awards include the Great Minds of the Twentieth Century Prize, awarded by the American Biographical Institute in 2003, the North-South Prize from the Council of Europe and the Premi Internacional Catalunya in 2004. Her books have been translated into over 28 languages worldwide. They are taught in universities across the world.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 13, 2004

    Woman at Point Zero - A+

    I would highly recommend this book to future readers. Nawal El Saadawi caught my attention when reading the back cover of this book being a first time reader of her work. She has put me in suspense for other books done by her.

    It does open your eyes to things you never thought of and how someone can have different occupations but come to the same conclusion. Except for the type O¿s she sends you a vivid picture of how Firdaus lived her life and the journey she has gone through. It is true when they say, ¿that the truth hurts¿ and Firdaus had that power and that is what scared people. The truth about men and how sex can be the root of all evil. I could not put this book down for a minute even at the dinner table until I finished it today.

    So if you want something light to read and interesting pick up this book today.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 2003

    Incredible message for us!

    Woman at Point Zero is a thin little book, yet its message for the audience is incredible. From an interview with Firdaus, a prisoner who was charged with murdering a pimp, we can see the Egyptian women¡¦s lives and how they manage to survive in a male dominant society. Firdaus is executed in the evening on the same day of interview. I think the book¡¦s name reveals the emotional situation of Firdaus as a woman who withdraws from human beings. She simply has neither love and hate nor fear and her heart is empty. In other words, there is no positive and negative, she is at point zero. Firdaus is different from other prisoners; she neither shows a great response to the execution nor tries to appeal for clemency. She was sitting in the prison quietly and waiting for the time to come. It is understandable. In Fridaus¡¦ experience, frustrations and disappointments happened gain and again as if a cycle of her life. As a child Firdaus was sexually abused by her uncle and a boy. Since sex is a forbidden topic in the society, she did not know what was going on. Growing up as a submissive girl, she was coerced into an arranged marriage with an old man, and life gets worse from that point. Firdaus experienced sexual and physical abuse from different men and eventually become a prostitute. As a prostitute, the novel shows us, her life is better. Even though prostituting is not a respectable job, Firdaus earned freedom and a degree of respect from it. She learnt about the price of her body. In all parts of the world, there are a lot of women who are doing the same thing in order to survive in the world or in the work place. At the end of the story, --well, you¡¦ll just have to read it yourself to find out what happens. We may think terrible misogynist things will only happen somewhere far away from us. I recommend this book because if we think again, we see the disrespectful attitudes and immoral trade everywhere around us. Things that happened to Firdaus are reflections of our lives too. Women should re-think if they are being deprived in the same way. Immoral trades are waiting for women who are not able to realize the existence of the traps in our societies. As a result, we too may pay ¡¥the highest price for things of the lowest value¡¦ (p.76).

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 19, 2003

    excelent

    This book opened my eyes and soul. From the day I read it, nothing was same again.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 29, 2001

    A Must Read!

    This book holds your attention to the very end. I read this book in two days, I could not put it down. It was worth every moment of reading. The author allowed her audience to become emotionally amd mentally involved with her characters, their lives and their situations. I would encourage everyone to read this book to know about a women's struggle in an African Community and the many decisons she has to make while struggling to uphold her culture and tradition.

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