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020			_a9781913505721
245		0	_aTraces of Enayat/ _cIman Mersal. Translated by Robin Moger.
260			_aUK; USA; _bAnd Other Stories; _c2023
300			_a260p; _c20x13cm
520			_aWhen Iman Mersal stumbles upon a great – yet forgotten – novel written by Enayat al-Zayyat, a young woman who killed herself in 1963, four years before her book was published, Mersal begins to research the writer. She tracks down Enayat's best friend, who had been Egypt's biggest movie star at the time; she is given access to Enayat's diaries. Mersal can't accept, as has been widely speculated since Enayat's death, that a publisher's rejection was the main reason for Enayat's suicide. From archives, Enayat's writing, and Mersal's own interviews and observations, a remarkable portrait emerges of a woman striving to live on her own terms, as well as of the artistic and literary scene in post-revolution Cairo. Blending research with imagination, and adding a great deal of empathy, the award-winning Egyptian poet Iman Mersal has created an unclassifiable masterpiece.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aLiterature- Arabic _99034
650			_aWomen writers _99036
651			_aEgypt
942			_cBK
999			_c6329 _d6329