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GIRLS OF RIYADH

by | Read by Kate Reading

Fiction • 9 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2007

This is chick lit with a major difference: It gives us four upper-class Saudi girlfriends who hope for true love and fulfilling marriage just as much as Elizabeth Bennet ever did--but in a very modern cultural setting far more confining as to women's power over their own futures than eighteenth-century England ever was. As social history it is fascinating. The translation from Arabic seems fluent; the author has provided many necessary footnotes explaining cultural semiotics (dress, accents, food, worship) whose import the non-Saudi reader would miss. Kate Reading handles these gracefully, and her Arabic pronunciation is confidence-inspiring. Best, she delivers believable, sympathetic characters and keeps the pot on the boil. This book is an eye-opener. B.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 07/ JAN 08]

Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio • 2007

CD ISBN 9780143142140 $39.95 • Eight CDs

DD ISBN $27.97

 

Library Ed. • Books on Tape • 2007

CD ISBN 9781415941157 $100.00 • Seven CDs

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Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio • 2007

CD ISBN 9780143142140 $39.95 • Eight CDs

DD ISBN $27.97

 

Library Ed. • Books on Tape • 2007

CD ISBN 9781415941157 $100.00 • Seven CDs

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