{"product_id":"sex-and-lies","title":"Sex and Lies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eStriking.\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003e ELLE France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003eBrave.\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eiNews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003ePowerful.\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003eUrgent.\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003eOriginal.\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn these essays, Leïla 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Leïla Slimani has a knack for breaking taboos. . . \u003ci\u003eSex and Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is well executed: the novelist paints vivid portraits of her interviewees.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Slimani trusts in her outrage, in the force of her own voice, and the voices of the women she listens to.' \u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54180586946904,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571377763.jpg?v=1781157645","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sex-and-lies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}