{"product_id":"a-waltz-hardcover","title":"A Waltz - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda Chouiten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSkyler Artes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMildred Mortimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA prize-winning novel from one of Algeria's rising literary stars.\u003c\/strong\u003e In \u003cem\u003eA Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e, Lynda Chouiten depicts an irreverent and creative woman with an artistic temperament navigating the stiflingly conservative society in which she was raised. The narrative follows the path of Chahira, a seamstress from El Moudja--a fictional small coastal town in the Kabyle region of Algeria--to an international design competition in Vienna. Along the way, \u003cem\u003eA Waltz\u003c\/em\u003e expresses the strain of competing value systems, regional identities and expectations, and a cacophony of voices bearing down upon one woman while asking challenging questions about the nature of madness, confinement, and resistance to a patriarchal world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Chouiten\u003c\/b\u003e is an Algerian writer and academic and the winner of the 2019 Grand Prix Assia Djebar. \u003cb\u003eSkyler Artes\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eArabic as a Secret Song\u003c\/i\u003e by Le?la Sebbar and \u003ci\u003eI Die by This Country\u003c\/i\u003e by Fawzia Zouari. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47262823153913,"sku":"9780813952567","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/n_kATA2y_F9780813952567.webp?v=1768813561","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-waltz-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}