A Calamity of Noble House - By: Amira Ghenim (Author), Miled Faiza (Translator), Karen McNeill (Translator)

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Europa Editions
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 27 Mar. 2025
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781787705586
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.6 x 3 x 21 cm

"A kaleidoscopic portrait of Tunisian history."--The New York Times

One fateful night in December 1935, the destinies of two prominent families are changed forever. Zubaida, the young wife of Mohsen Ennaifer, is suspected of a clandestine love affair with Tahar, a radical intellectual from humble origins. This scandalous tryst has many facets, many truths, that are recounted in the voices of the eleven different narrators who, in a feat of storytelling virtuosity, animate this spectacular novel. A complex fresco of secrets, memories, accusations, regrets, and passions set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil, in search of its modern identity.  

A compelling, muti-generational story of women’s lives in one of the Arab World’s most intriguing countries, a drama of forbidden love, and a contemporary narrative in which the truth remains forever slightly out of reach, A Calamity of Noble Houses is Amira Ghenim’s English language debut.