Nedjma Knihy

Po kontroverzní Mandli, prvním erotickém románu napsaném muslimkou, vydává Nedjma druhou knihu, opět velice intimní výpověď mladé muslimky a její průvodkyně. Vypravěčka Zobida, čtyřicetiletá žena, znalkyně sexu, doprovází mladou Leilu. Ta byla vyhnána z domu v den svého sňatku kvůli „vadě panenské blány“, která zabránila manželovi, aby do ní vnikl. Zobida pomohla dívce najít ženu, jež jí podle maghrebského rituálu „obrnila“ pochvu, a tím jí garantovala panenství až do svatby. Jako jediná je pak schopna toto obrnění opět odejmout. Obě ženy se vydávají na cestu touhy, objevování smyslnosti, zasvěcování a vzpomínek… S poetickou lehkostí, dokonce i s humorem dokáže autorka líčit úžasné erotické zážitky, a současně se dojemně vciťuje do vážných problémů souvisejících s lidskou bídou a nízkostí.

Badra, contre sa volonté mariée, subit indifférence et humiliation. Sa rencontre avec Driss lui révèle la véritable amour. Elle partage ses expériences érotiques et aborde la répression des femmes dans le monde islamique.

'My ambition is to give back to the women of my blood the power of speech confiscated by their men.' Badra is a young Berber girl from a North African village who is married off to an old man, and brutally raped on her wedding night. She thinks sexual pleasure exists only for men, until she escapes from her cruel husband to the city. Then she meets a handsome doctor who introduces her to a new world of sexual passion. L'AMANDE, written under a pseudonym by a North African woman living in France, reads like an erotic manifesto for modern women who want to break free from the repressive bonds of cultural tradition to unashamedly demand their right to pleasure.

An autobiographical erotic novel written by an observant Muslim woman in contemporary North Africa, The Almond is an extraordinary and pioneering literary work, a truly unforgettable journey into the sexual undercurrents of a world that is, outwardly and to Western eyes, puritanical.Badra is a young Muslim widow who flees the small town of Imchouk to take refuge with her Uncle Slimane's iconoclastic ex-wife. In Imchouk, it was expected that Badra's life should be limited by her husband's wishes, but at Aunt Selma's, Badra begins to think about how she wants to live from now on. She recalls her youthful curiosity about sex — what other girls' and women's bodies were like, her first attempts to spy on men, her fascination with the two beautiful prostitute sisters who lived outside Imchouk. When she develops a passionate, consuming relationship with a wealthy doctor, Badra remembers and rediscovers her own sexual being, in scenes that are erotic, revelatory, and sometimes bittersweet.C. Jane Hunter's translation gives us a book of great power that resembles a Muslim Vagina Monologues . The Almond is an inspiring and illuminating novel that reminds us of the transformative power of desire and pleasure.