by Sherry Jones · Casa das Letras · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724618913
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«A Jóia de Medina» is the historical novel by Sherry Jones, published by Casa das Letras in paperback (360 pages, in Portuguese).
Aisha Bint Abi Bakr, daughter of a merchant from Mecca, is still a child when she marries the prophet Muhammad. The novel follows her transformation into a key figure of Islam in seventh-century Arabia, amid religious persecutions, rival wives and wars. Love, faith and maturity merge in the portrait of the birth of the Muslim community.
Published in 2009, the Portuguese translation is by Maria João Freire de Andrade. The cover includes a quote from Salman Rushdie.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction about the Islamic world, with an interest in a female protagonist who goes through decisive events.
