Historical novel set around ENGLAND (Birmingham)
The Others
Location(s): Saudi Arabia
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 2000s
A nameless young university student in Saudi Arabia has no contact with men outside her family, so when the charming Dai seduces her, her feelings of guilt are overwhelmed by the need for intimacy.
Dai introduces her to a secret world of lesbian parties and love affairs, and it’s here that she meets Darin and falls in love for the first time. But it becomes too much for her to bear and she eventually starts dating men online.
In the end she agrees to marry, leaving us with an ambiguous promise of future happiness, as well as a powerful sense of foreboding.
A truly explosive portrayal of life for young women in Saudi Arabia.
Siba al-Harez is the pseudonym of a twenty-six-year-old Saudi woman from al Qatif in Saudi Arabia. The Others is her first novel.
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