Books from Mauritania
6 popular mauritanian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Africa Challenge" were written by authors from Mauritania.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Barzakh: The Land In-Between by Moussa Ould Ebnou EN
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
In the distant future, archeologists, studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, extract the ancient consciousness of Gara whose life they trace through the 11th-century deserts of Mauritania to the dystopic future as he searches for freedom and better humanity. This innovative masterpiece symphonizes mysticism, religion, philosophy, and Mauritanian culture into a surreal reflection on the human condition.
2.
Estoy solo by Beyrouk ES
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
Está encerrado, su vida corre peligro. Y piensa, narra. Narra sus pensamientos, sus miedos, sus tímidos deseos. Sus recuerdos, sus ideas, sus opiniones.
Trata de mantener la esperanza, de no flaquear; no es un hombre valiente, ni tampoco un hombre virtuoso, salvo con las palabras. Y espera.
La religiosidad y sencillez de su madre, criada en el nomadismo del Sahara; el antepasado, campeón de la Fe. Los celosos celadores de la Fe y el deber. El amor y el placer, el dinero, a veces tan escaso, y otras tan accesible y tentador.
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Rabia est arrivée : chroniques du Trarza : récit by Aichetou FR
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
La mère de Rabia, sa fille ou leurs autres compagnes avaient-elles été capturées, achetées ou volées? Dieu seul sait. Au cours des veillées, quand Rabia se faisait conteuse, jamais elle ne s'était hasardée à parler de ce passé-là, l'ayant enseveli dans un autre Moi, trop lointain et peut-être inconnu d'ailleurs d'elle-même. Comment avait-elle pu se trouver dans ce campement nomade, avec ces Bédouins?
4.
Saara by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk EN
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
Mbarek Ould Beyrouk's greatly acclaimed novel Saara was the winner of the prestigious Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2023. The story is told through three different narrators, Saara, an attractive young woman who is both unconventional, liberated and determined; the Sheikh, a young man who succeeds his father as the leader of a Sufi order striving to live exemplary lives in their oasis community and follow the path to salvation and the Beggar, befriended by Saara and who cares devotedly for his disabled mother and is the voice of the marginalised. It is their story and their lives are intertwine... continue
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Silence of the Horizons by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk EN
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
SILENCE OF THE HORIZONS by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk (short version) A young Mauritanian man flees the scene of a crime to hide out in the Sahara with his friend who conducts tours for wealthy European families eager to discover the "real" desert. As he regales the tourists' children with tales of djinns and far-off worlds, he must grapple with his own moral conscience in this existential psychological thriller that resonates with Albert Camus' classic novel, The Stranger and Antoine de St. Exupéry's memoir, Wind, Sand and Stars.
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The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk EN
Country: Africa / Mauritania
Mauritania
Description:
"The Desert and the Drum reveals a hidden Bedouin world and what happens when its values clash with those of contemporary urban life. It was awarded the Ahmadou-Kourouma Prize in 2016 and is the first novel from Mauritania to be translated into English. Everything changes for Rayhana when foreigners with strange machines arrive to mine for metal near her Bedouin camp. One of them is the enigmatic Yahya. Her association with him leads to Rayhana to abandon all that she has ever known and flee alone to the city. But when her tribe discover she has stolen their sacred drum, they pursue her to exa... continue