Books set in Morocco (48)
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Dreams Of Trespass : Tales Of A Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi EN
MoroccoDescription:
This "wonderful and enchanting" memoir tells the revelatory true story of one Muslim girl's life in her family's French Moroccan harem, set against the backdrop of World War II (The New York Times Book Review). "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this illuminating narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth -- women who, without access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer i... continue
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EL ULTIMO AMIGO by Tahar Ben Jelloun ES
Description:
La novela es la historia de una amistad de adolescencia y su prolongación durante la vida de los dos protagonistas, narrada por cada uno de ellos, y finalmente por un tercer amigo. Más allá de algunos clichés y situaciones previsibles, un buen trasfondo de Tánger (y las menciones de la historia de Fez) y una excelente narración que me atrapó hasta el final.
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Festín de sangre by Malika Moustadraf ES
Description:
Los cuentos de Malika Moustadraf atraviesan con crudeza las distintas capas del Marruecos de principios del siglo XXI y ofrecen una mirada de las complejidades de una sociedad que, desde lejos, puede parecer sólida y homogénea. Con un estilo brutal y personajes contradictorios, el sexo, la prostitución, la enfermedad y la corrupción se muestran como grandes traumas, especialmente para las mujeres, en un escenario donde también hay lugar para la esperanza y la ternura.
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For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri, Paul Bowles EN
Description:
Choukri's book has become a classic of world literature.
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami EN
Description:
Set in modern-day Morocco, the story of four vastly different Moroccans who illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain chronicles the circumstances that drive them to risk their lives and the rewards that may or may not prove to be worth the danger.
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In Morocco by Wharton, Edith EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
First published in 1919, this detailed account of the author's journey through Morocco following World War I shares Wharton's observations on local customs and lifestyles, Moroccan history, cities, and more. Reprint.
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In the Country of Others : A Novel by Leila Slimani EN
Description:
The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny, about a woman in an interracial marriage whose fierce desire for autonomy parallels her adopted country's fight for independence The world of men is just like the world of botany. In the end, one species dominates another. One day, the orange will win out over the lemon, or vice versa, and the tree will once again produce fruit that people can eat. In her first new novel since The Perfect Nanny launched her onto the world stage and won her acclaim for her "devastatingly perceptive character studies"... continue
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Jaren van dwaling by Muḥammad Šukrī, Heleen Koesen NL
Description:
Autobiografische roman over het leven van een jonge onderwijzer in Marokko in de jaren '50. Vervolg op "Hongerjaren".