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The Stone Woman: A Novel (Islam Quintet 3): A Novel
by: Tariq Ali

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781859843642
ISBN: 1859843646
Label: Verso Books
Manufacturer: Verso Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 26, 2001
Publisher: Verso Books
Studio: Verso Books
Sales Rank: 208148

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Editorial Review:

Synopsis:
The Stone Woman is the third novel of Tariq Ali's "Islam Quartet." Like its predecessors - Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and The Book of Saladin - its power lies both in the story-telling and the challenge it poses to stereotyped images of life under Islam.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Buy this book, you won't just read it once!
Very moving, very informative, stunning language, believeable characters, great story - we reviewed this book in our village bookclub - no one had a bad word to say about it! I found this book to be story and character driven, not politically motivated at all, and very well written.

Rating:

- Ali loses the plot
Prior to reading this novel, I had read Tariq Ali's 'Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree', which had set some high expectations. However I found the book to be quite disappointing. It seems to be nothing more than a collection of short stories loosely strung together, which neither move or inspire and seem almost irrelevant to each other.
The novel is also spoilt by the blatant creation of certain characters that are nothing more than a vehicle for the writer's own political opinions. There are many heavy-handed political interludes more in the nature with the author trying to lecture the reader, than part of the story's intrinsic motif.
If you enjoyed Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree then this novel will disappoint you.

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- Luxurious, colourful, sensual drama of an Ottoman family
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, 26 June 200O: The Ottoman Empire, known as the 'sick man of Europe' in the 19th century, continues its slow, steady decline in the summer of 1899 as elderly Iskander Pasha (a descendant of gthe Sultan's favourite courtier) and his well-born family gather outside their sea-side palace outside Istanbul. Ali explores the complexities of the Ottoman mentality in his fifth outing, a colourful sensual drama of families, sexual intrigue and rebellion...... Ali's epic combines the luxuriant pacing of the old-fashioned novel of ideas with the 20th century relish for sexual detail to conjure up an almost Chekhovian mileu.

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