Woman at Point Zero
"All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up."...
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"All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up." --ExcerptÂ
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780862321109 (0862321107)
Publish date: September 15th 1990
Publisher: Zed Books
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Feminism,
Religion,
Asian Literature,
Womens,
Egypt,
Gender,
Indonesian Literature,
Islam
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