
- Publisher:
- FABER & FABER
- Year of publication:
- 2020
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-35503-7
- Pages:
- 162
SEX AND LIES
LEÏLA SLIMANI
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.