Fouada meets Farid, her lover, every Tuesday in a restaurant overlooking the Nile. But this week their usual table is deserted. She calls his home, but the shrilling of the telephone echoes in an empty room. Farid has disappeared.
As she searches for him, Fouada becomes tormented by questions. She is a trained research chemist, but works in a dead-end ministry job. Convinced that she has something to give to the world, she cannot find it. What is it? Why does she search?
Searching expresses the poignancy of loss and doubt with the hypnotic intensity of a remembered dream.
"Nawal El Saadawi' writes with directness and passion" -- New York TimesBook Review
About the Author
Nawal El Saadawi is a renowned Egyptian writer, novelist and activist. She has published over 40 books, which have been translated into over 30 languages.
Product Details
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Zed Books; Second Edition edition (June 9, 2009)
