Through its use of multiple perspectives we are given a revealing insight into society, reminding us that no event, or place, has an objective existence or truth. Wajdi al-Ahdal is a gifted and original storyteller. A Land Without Jasmine gives fascinating insight on life in Yemen, with a thriller-like plot that keeps the reader turning the page. In sparse, lucid prose with a tight narrative structure, the author paints a 4/5(22). · READ THE WORLD – Yemen: A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal Translated by William Maynard Hutchins. Under the watchful eyes of the men in her community the beautiful, virtuous university student Jasmine goes about her daily business, keeping to herself and avoiding the male gaze at all www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal Published by Garnet ISBN: • Sam Hawksmoor review I have hesitated to write a review of 'A land without Jasmine', not because I didn’t enjoy this beautifully written novella but because it has a lasting haunting effect that is hard to shake off.
Read "A Land Without Jasmine" by Wajdi Al-Ahdal available from Rakuten Kobo. A Land without Jasmine is a sexy, satirical detective story about the sudden disappearance of a young female student fro. A Land Without Jasmine is a strange mystery but once you get into the writing style, it becomes a compelling one. 4/5. Posted in Books, Reviews and tagged 4 stars, A Land without Jasmine, Blogtober, book review, contemporary fiction, mystery, short story, The Read The World Project, Wajdi Al-Ahdal, Yemen on October 1, by. A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal translated by William Maynard Hutchins. Garnet, London, ISBN , 82pp. Violation and murder in the world beyond A beautiful, twenty-year-old Sanaa University student named Jasmine has gone missing; possibly raped and murdered.
A Land without Jasmine is presented in six chapters, each with a different narrator carrying the action forward. It begins with Jasmine Nashir al-Ni'am, a twenty-year-old university student in Yemen and the central figure in the novel; the final section is narrated by her mother -- though al-Ahdal cheats a bit by giving Jasmine the final word(s), as her mother closes her account with a dream Jasmine had recorded in her diary. Through its use of multiple perspectives we are given a revealing insight into society, reminding us that no event, or place, has an objective existence or truth. Wajdi al-Ahdal is a gifted and original storyteller. A Land Without Jasmine gives fascinating insight on life in Yemen, with a thriller-like plot that keeps the reader turning the page. In sparse, lucid prose with a tight narrative structure, the author paints a riveting portrait of sexual confusion, frustration and shame. A review on the novel: Leah Caldwell, Al-Akhbar English, August 7, Wajdi al-Ahdal’s A Land Without Jasmine depicts the lives of Yemeni women under the ever-watching eyes of men. If you were to go missing, to vanish into thin air, who – after your friends and family – would the police interrogate as to your last whereabouts?.
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