Author(s): Slimani, Leila,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 20/02/2020,
Pagination: 176 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Published By: Faber & Faber
Book Classification: Islamic life & practice, Gender studies: women
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780571355037

Description:
The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele, translated by Sophie Lewis.

In these essays, Leila Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that at once condemns and commodifies sex. In a country where the law punishes and outlaws all forms of sex outside marriage, as well as homosexuality and prostitution, women have only two options for their sexual identities: virgin or wife.

Sex and Lies is an essential confrontation with Morocco's intimate demons and a vibrant appeal for the universal freedom to be, to love and to desire.