Leïla Slimani
Autor(a) de The Perfect Nanny
About the Author
Leila Slimani was in her native Morocco promoting her novel Adle, about a woman addicted to sex, when she began meeting women who confided the dark secrets of their sexual lives. In Morocco, adultery, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and sex outside of marriage are all punishable by law, and mostrar mais women have only two choices: They can be wives or virgins. In this fearless expos of the secrets and lies of women's intimate lives, Slimani combines vivid, often harrowing testimonies with her passionate and intelligent commentary to make a galvanizing case for a sexual revolution in the Arab world. mostrar menos
Obras de Leïla Slimani
The Country of Others 2 cópias
La baie de Dakhla : Itinérance enchantée entre mer et désert (Histoire et sociétés du Maroc saharien) (2014) 2 cópias
නැළවිලි ගීයක් 1 exemplar(es)
Una dolça canço 2016 1 exemplar(es)
Regardez-nous danser 2 1 exemplar(es)
Regardez-nous danser 1 1 exemplar(es)
Adele 1 exemplar(es)
Katsokaa kun tanssimme 1 exemplar(es)
Lullaby: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Slimani, Leïla
- Data de nascimento
- 1981-10-03
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Morocco
France - País (para mapa)
- Morocco
- Local de nascimento
- Rabat, Morocco
- Educação
- Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris
Institut d'études politiques, Paris
Lycée Fénelon, Paris
Lycée français Descartes, Rabat, Maroc - Ocupação
- Journaliste
Romancière - Organizações
- Jeune Afrique, Magazine (Journaliste, 2008l2012)
L'Express, Magazine (Journaliste) - Premiações
- Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2017)
Membros
Discussions
My (kjuliff) January books em 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (Janeiro 2023)
Resenhas
Listas
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 26
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 2,844
- Popularidade
- #9,023
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 153
- ISBNs
- 170
- Idiomas
- 21
- Favorito
- 1
There were no surprises here. The stories we read about are hard to comprehend from a "western" perspective. Sadly, they got repetitive rather quickly with a narrative that seemed to have been pushed onto this to prove a point. I expected more variety in this book, maybe even some positive tales. However, this is not that type of book.
Slimani rightly calls out the hypocrisy of a society oscillating between sexual fantasies and disgust when it comes to sexuality, where religion always has the final word. The obsession with virginity is the norm, while men are among the highest consumers of pornography in the world.
But, more interestingly Slimani says that as long as you are rich you are free, above these laws and mores. Sadly, that seems true for women wherever they are in this world.… (mais)