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A carregar... The Jewel of Medina (2008)por Sherry Jones
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. La joven Aisha es hija de un mercader de la Meca, lugar en el que vive durante los tiempos de la fundación del Islam, en el siglo VII. A la edad de nueve años es dada en matrimonio al Profeta, un honor mayor que el que la niña alcanza a comprender. La difícil adaptación a su nuevo hogar hace que Aisha se vea obligada a recurrir a toda su astucia y su valor para hacerse un lugar en el harén. No todos los problemas los tiene la muchacha: ahora las dificultades empiezan a envolver al Profeta y surgen los primeros enemigos. Además, él ya es mayor, y no tiene una clara descendencia. The Jewel of Medina is a historical fiction novel about A'isha Bint Ali Bakr, the Prophet Muhammad's favorite wife. I picked this book up on a whim when I saw it at my local Half Price Books and read about the controversy that surrounds this book. Unfortunately, this novel is not worth the hype. A'isha is an uninteresting character with the values of a twenty-first century feminist and not at all believable as a woman of seventh century Saudi Arabia. The Prophet Muhammad, who is arguably one of the most influential people who has ever lived, was portrayed as a womanizer who is primarily concerned with acquiring more wives, although the author does go out of her way to highlight his compassion and "enlightened" views of women. I was hoping for a novel that highlighted the Prophet's wives and gave a new insight into the birth of Islam, and I was incredibly disappointed. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Historical Fiction.
HTML: Born Aisha bint Abi Bakr in seventh century Arabia, she would become the favorite wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and one of the most revered women in the Muslim faith. Married at the age of nine, The Jewel of Medina illuminates the difficult path Aisha confronted, from her youthful dreams of becoming a Bedouin warrior, to her life as the beloved wife and confident of the founder of Islam.Extensively researched and elegantly crafted, The Jewel of Medina presents the beauty and harsh realities of life in an age long past, during a time of war, enlightenment, and upheaval. At once a love story, a history lesson, and a coming-of-age tale, The Jewel of Medina provides humanizing glimpses into the origins of the Islamic faith, and the nature of love, through the eyes of a truly unforgettable heroine. .Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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