THE TEARS OF SHEBA: TALES OF SURVIVAL AND INTRIGUE IN ARABIA
Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B76260
English Summary/英文概要： Loyalty, honour, murder, Bedouin, family feuds and survival in a setting reminiscent of the Arabian Nights.
Yemen in the 1960s was a society where loyalty, blood ties and honour meant everything, yet murder, forced marriages, family feuds and public beheadings were common. The Tears of Sheba is the inspiring story of Khadija Al–Salami, whose personal struggle for survival shows a deep–rooted love for her country and its people.
Khadija tells of a childhood devastated by the impact of civil war, in a culture that allowed her to be married at the age of ten to an older man she had never met. Determined to escape the poverty, death and destruction that permeated her life, and with extraordinary tenacity, Khadija asked the local radio station to let her broadcast a programme for children, later using the money she earned to travel to the United States and forge a new life for herself. The Tears of Sheba is a magnificent tour–de–force, passionately told, spellbinding and uplifting – a tale of indomitable spirit and human triumph.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 忠诚，荣誉，谋杀，贝都因人，家族世仇与生存，这一切发生的背景都令人不由得想起阿拉伯之夜。
20世纪60年代，在也门的社会里，忠诚、血统以及荣誉意味着一切，与此同时，谋杀、包办婚姻、家族宿仇以及公开的杀戮亦是极为常见。《希巴的眼泪》是一个有关于卡迪加•阿尔萨拉米的激励人心的故事，她为了生存而展开的个人奋斗为我们展示了她对祖国以及人民的深沉之爱。卡迪加为我们讲述了她被内战所摧毁的童年，这样的文化环境迫使她在十岁那年就要嫁给一个素未谋面的年长男子。决心要逃离贫困、死亡以及悲剧一般的命运，卡迪加凭借着顽强的韧性，要求当地的广播电台让她主持一台少儿节目，而她则用挣来的钱前往美国，以追求自己的新生活。《希巴的眼泪》是一场精彩绝伦的力量之旅，充满激情，魔咒一般振奋人心---讲述了不屈不挠的奋斗精神和人性的胜利故事。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：“…希望《希巴的眼泪》能够让那些好奇的读者们得以深入一窥也门的消极面与积极面。。。。。。” (The Journal (Northumberland), 2003年12月18日) “… 深入、精彩地描绘了那些在过去40年终改变了也门的变化究竟意味着什么…” (《也门观察家》，2004年1月17日) “你所有的担忧都会在本书中获得洞悉。” (《突破极限》, 04年5月)
“…Tears of Sheba hopefully will give some curious readers a deeper glimpse of both the positive and negative aspects [Yemen]…” (The Journal (Northumberland), 18 December 2003) “… a deeply engaging portrayal of what the changes that have rockedYemen in the past 40 years mean…” (Yemen Observer, 17 January 2004) “This book will put all your worries in perspective.” (Be Unlimited, May 04)
About the Author/作者介绍： 卡迪加•阿尔萨拉米于1966年出生于也门，她在巴黎度过了主要的成年时光。她曾担任法国也门文化与交流中心主任长达十余年，现主要致力于制作关于也门社会问题的记录电影，并因此数次获得国际电影奖。查理•胡茨在北卡罗莱纳州长大，曾担任驻巴黎记者长达十五年。其现在东非从事兽医工作。Khadija al-Salami was born in 1966 in Yemen and has lived most of her adult life in Paris. After serving for more than a decade as the Director of the Yemeni Cultural and Communications Centre in France, she now dedicates herself to making documentary films on social issues in Yemen, for which she has won several international film awards. Charles Hoots grew up in North Carolina, and was a Paris-based journalist for 15 years. He currently practices veterinary medicine in East Africa.
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