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The Resource The girl with braided hair : a novel, Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany

The girl with braided hair : a novel, Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany

Label
The girl with braided hair : a novel
Title
The girl with braided hair
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany
Creator
Contributor
Author
Translator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • ara
  • eng
Summary
"The lives of two women living centuries apart are connected by an enigmatic painting in this mesmerizing debut based on historical events. Art historian, Yasmine, is restoring an unsigned portrait of a strikingly beautiful girl from the Napoleonic Era, when she discovers that the artist has embedded a lock of hair into the painting, something highly unusual. The mysterious painting came into the museum's possession without record, and Yasmine becomes consumed by the secret concealed within this captivating work. Meanwhile, at the close of the French Campaign in Egypt, sixteen-year-old Zeinab, the daughter of a prominent sheikh, is drawn into French high society when Napoleon himself requests her presence. Enamored by the foreign customs of the Europeans, she finds herself on a dangerous path, one that may ostracize her from her family and culture. Seamlessly merging fiction with history, art, and politics, modern day Cairo with its opulent past, this compelling story of two women caught between worlds and entangled in matters of the heart launches an entrancing new literary voice."--Provided by publisher
Member of
Tone
Character
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10925715
Cataloging source
IKG
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Adly, Rasha
Dewey number
892.7/37
Index
no index present
LC call number
PJ7910.D59
LC item number
S5313 2020
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Enany, Sarah
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Art historians
  • Egypt
  • Art historians
  • Egypt
Label
The girl with braided hair : a novel, Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Subtitle from cover
  • "First published in Arabic in 2017 as Shaghaf by Arab Scientific Publishers"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1224193279
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
324 pages
Isbn
9789774169878
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1224193279
Label
The girl with braided hair : a novel, Rasha Adly ; translated by Sarah Enany
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Subtitle from cover
  • "First published in Arabic in 2017 as Shaghaf by Arab Scientific Publishers"--Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1224193279
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
324 pages
Isbn
9789774169878
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1224193279

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