The sand child
Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1944-2000
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The story of a Moroccan father's efforts to thwart the consequences of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring. The father of seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed determines his eighth child will be a son. When a girl is born, she is raised a male, with all the attendant identity confusion.
Main title:
The sand child / Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated by Alan Sheridan.
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Imprint:
Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
Collation:
vi, 165 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780801864407 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.914FIC
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
926223