by Vénus Khoury-Ghata · Mercure de France · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782715227804
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«Sept pierres pour la femme adultère» is the novel by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, published by Mercure de France in paperback (188 pages, in French).
Noor, a woman from a village by the desert, has been condemned for adultery and awaits her punishment: stoning. A Frenchwoman who arrived on a humanitarian mission will try to save her. The novel portrays women trapped between tradition, freedom and desire, with lyrical, sensory prose.
The author, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, is of Franco-Lebanese origin; the novel was originally published in 2007.
Aimed at readers interested in fiction about women, tradition and cultural clash.
Vénus Khoury-Ghata was a French-Lebanese poet and writer.
