Abstract
Aziza the Alexandrian is a prisoner in the women's prison in Egypt, serving a life sentence for the murder of her mother's husband. Aziza, the main character in Salwa Bakr's recent novel The Golden Chariot Won't Ascend to the Heavens (1991), assassinated the man who had seduced her following her mother's death, when, despite his apparent promises to Aziza, he took another woman as his new wife. Aziza, meanwhile, plans to leave the prison in a golden chariot destined for the heavens, but she does not intend to leave alone. Bakr's novel describes not only Aziza's liberation project but also the life histories of the other women prisoners whom she has elected to accompany her in the chariot.
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