The pistachio seller
1st English language ed.
Our rough guess is there are 40,500 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 2 hours and 42 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 6 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Contributions
- Nusairi, Osman. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
40,500 words, Guess
Page Count
162 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepistachioseller0000bass
- ISBN-139780815609193
- ISBN-100815609191
- Library of Congress Control Number2009026110
- OCLC Control Number318874298
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780815609193
- Open LibraryOL24061175M
Classifications
- DDC892.7/36
- LCCPJ7816.A768 B3513 2009
- LCCPJ7816.A768B3513
Description
""It was Saturday. I remember. And while he was standing on a step ladder in the hall, changing a light bulb in the faint light coming through the window, I decided to love him." So begins this novel of quixotic adolescent longing and the enduring search for self. Set in middle-class urban Egypt, the story chronicles young Wafaa's struggle to come to terms with her own sexuality and her romantic infatuation with her cousin Ashraf a spoiled and confident young Egyptian who was educated in England. Ashraf's worldliness and carefree attitudes stand in sharp contrast to Wafaa's provincial Islamic piety." "As both mature they find outside events encroaching upon their sheltered lives, forcing each to confront challenges to their youthful ideologies. Ashraf is chastened by an economic turnaround that takes him to the United States as an impoverished immigrant, and Wafaa begins to question the rigid fundamentalist beliefs that seem increasingly inadequate to make sense of the complex world around her."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Middle East literature in translation
Other Editions
- The pistachio seller
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!