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Sex and Lies by Leïla Slimani
SEX AND LIES by LEILA SLIMANI
My last read of 2021 and it’s a very good one. A non-fiction account of the sex lives of Moroccan women.
The beauty of Slimani is that she can put such tumultuous issues into clear and simple words and make the solution also seem clear and simple. Morocco is an Islamic country, which means that modesty is part of the law i.e. one can be arrested and put in prison for adultery or being gay. I don’t want to seem insensitive to cultural differences, but keeping any subject taboo only leads to fear and hate and this worries me. As Slimani discusses, transparency around sex is key. It is mostly women who suffer in these scenarios.
Anyway, I’ve had a few glasses of wine so let’s stop there and just say that I loved this book and I can’t wait to read some of Slimani’s fiction!
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My last read of 2021 and it’s a very good one. A non-fiction account of the sex lives of Moroccan women.
The beauty of Slimani is that she can put such tumultuous issues into clear and simple words and make the solution also seem clear and simple. Morocco is an Islamic country, which means that modesty is part of the law i.e. one can be arrested and put in prison for adultery or being gay. I don’t want to seem insensitive to cultural differences, but keeping any subject taboo only leads to fear and hate and this worries me. As Slimani discusses, transparency around sex is key. It is mostly women who suffer in these scenarios.
Anyway, I’ve had a few glasses of wine so let’s stop there and just say that I loved this book and I can’t wait to read some of Slimani’s fiction!
#book #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookreviewfeatures #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookreviews #bookrecs #bookreading #bookstagrammer #leilaslimani #sexandles