The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai Paperback - 2009
by Maha Gargash
Set in the 1950s in what is today Dubai, "The Sand Fish" is the story of a young woman from the mountains who is sent away from her family to become the third wife of a rich and much older pearl merchant.
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A fascinating window into a different culture--and an inspiring and unforgettable universal story of strength and self-reliance--from an extraordinarily wise and lyrical new literary voice
Coming of age in the 1950s, seventeen-year-old Noora is unlike other women of the sun-battered mountains at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Though she shares their poverty and, like them, bears life's hardships without complaint, she is also fiery and independent. Following the death of her mother and her father's descent into dazed madness, Noora flees the threat of an arranged marriage, only to be driven back to her unwanted fate by disappointment and heartbreak. As the third wife to a rich, much older man, Noora struggles to adjust to her new home by the sea, thinking of herself as a sand fish--the desert lizard she observed in the mountains, which, when stuck in the wrong place and desperate to escape, smashed itself again and again into unyielding rocks. But then a light is shone into her miserable darkness, resulting in an unexpected passion, a shocking indiscretion, and a secret that could jeopardize Noora's life.
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- Title The Sand Fish: A Novel from Dubai
- Author Maha Gargash
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1 Original
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Publication date 2009-10-20
- ISBN 9780061744679 / 0061744670
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.47 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Category Fiction - Historical
- Library of Congress subjects Women - United Arab Emirates - Social, Young women - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008054423
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 10/15/2009, Page 35
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2009, Page 0
- Library Journal, 09/15/2009, Page 49
- Publishers Weekly, 09/14/2009, Page 26
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