The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman
Nedjma, .. Grove, $23 (241pp) ISBN 978-0-8021-1805-9
This autobiographical novel, which first appeared to great acclaim in France, charts the sexual exploits of Badra, a devout Muslim who escapes her arranged and loveless marriage to live with an aunt in Tangier during the 1960s. France has withdrawn from Morocco, but the city Badra is inadvertently exposed to currents of the rising counterculture, including feminism. Then she meets Driss, an older European-educated doctor who serves as her erotic mentor, awakening her true carnal self and her awareness of her enormous sexual power. Reminiscent of Marguerite Duras's
Reviewed on: 05/09/2005
Genre: Fiction
Paperback - 256 pages - 978-0-8021-4261-0