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The Perfect Nanny : A Novel by Leila Slimani EN

Rating: 3 (6 votes)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her. One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, and In the Country of Others “A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . Slimani has us in her thrall.” —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger “One of the most important books of the year. You can’t unread it.” —Barrie Hardymon, NPR’s Weekend Edition When Myriam decides to return to ... continue

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The Hospital by Ahmed Bouanani EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
A tour de force: an utterly singular modern Moroccan classic “When I walked through the large iron gate of the hospital, I must have still been alive…” So begins Ahmed Bouanani’s arresting, hallucinatory 1989 novel The Hospital, appearing for the first time in English translation. Based on Bouanani’s own experiences as a tuberculosis patient, the hospital begins to feel increasingly like a prison or a strange nightmare: the living resemble the dead; bureaucratic angels of death descend to direct traffic, claiming the lives of a motley cast of inmates one by one; childhood memories and fantasie... continue

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De la boca del caballo sale la verdad by Meryem Alaoui ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
Meryem Alaoui nos ofrece una colorida panorámica de la vida cotidiana en un Marruecos popular donde cada uno se enfrenta a las dificultades y las supera a fuerza de vitalidad e ingenio. Yemía, a la que el destino guiado por decisiones desafortunadas llevó a ejercer la prostitución, vive sola en Casablanca con su hija. Mujer valiente y optimista, de carácter fuerte, describe sin tapujos y con humor el mundo que le ha tocado en suerte: al bruto de su amante, Chaiba; a Halima, la compañera depresiva que lee el Corán entre cliente y cliente; a Im... continue


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The Wolf's Secret by Nicolas Digard, Myriam Dahman EN

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Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
Wolf is a hunter, feared by every creature. But he has a secret: in the middle of the forest lives a girl whose beautiful voice has entranced him . . . The Wolf longs for friendship. But is he prepared to sacrifice his own true nature in order for his wish to come true? A beautiful and lyrical contemporary fairy tale about difference, trust and the power of friendship to overcome any obstacle. This sumptuous hardback gift book, with gold foil detail, is perfect for lovers of fairy tales and fables, new and old. It is gloriously illustrated by acclaimed artist and Greenaway Medal nominee Júlia ... continue

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The Simple Past by Driss Chraïbi EN

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Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
The Simple Past came out in 1954, and both in France and its author’s native Morocco the book caused an explosion of fury. The protagonist, who shares the author’s name, Driss, comes from a Moroccan family of means, his father a self-made tea merchant, the most devout of Muslims, quick to be provoked and ready to lash out verbally or physically, continually bent on subduing his timid wife and many children to his iron and ever-righteous will. He is known, simply, as the Lord, and Driss, who is in high school, is in full revolt against both him and the French colonial authorities, for whom, as ... continue


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All das zu verlieren by Leïla Slimani DE

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
»Die neue Stimme der französischen Literatur.« ZEITmagazin Kann man sich zu seinem Glück zwingen? Prix Goncourt-Preisträgerin Leïla Slimani erzählt von der Zerrissenheit einer Frau und schafft eine »moderne Madame Bovary« (Libération). Nach außen hin führt Adèle ein Leben, dem es an nichts fehlt. Sie arbeitet für eine Pariser Tageszeitung, ist unabhängig. Mit ihrem Ehemann, einem Chirurgen, und ihrem kleinen Sohn lebt sie in einem schicken Viertel, ganz in der Nähe von Montmartre. Sie reisen, sie fahren übers Wochenende ans Meer. Dennoch macht Adèle dieses Leben nicht glücklich. Gelangweilt ei... continue

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Cette aveuglante absence de lumière : roman by Tahar Ben Jelloun FR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
Avec ce roman, Tahar Ben Jelloun donne une interprétation littéraire de l'horreur et de l'oubli où furent tenus, dix-huit années durant, les prisonniers du bagne de Tazmamart, au Sud-Est du Maroc. Incarcérés après l'attentat manqué - et le massacre - de Skhirat en juillet 1971, les prisonniers de Tazmamart furent littéralement ensevelis dans le silence et dans l'obscurité, dans un lointain désert de sable. Enfermés, comme au temps de Louis XI, dans des cachots-tombeaux où nulle station debout n'était possible, ils vécurent dans sa plus inhumaine intensité la souffrance d'une mort vivante. Sur ... continue

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Le passé simple by Driss Chraïbi FR

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
"Lors de sa parution en 1954, ce livre fit l'effet d'une véritable bombe, tant en France qu'au Maroc qui luttait pour son indépendance. Avec une rare violence ; il projetait le roman maghrébin d'expression française vers des thèmes majeurs : poids de l'Islam, condition féminine dans la société arabe, identité culturelle, conflit des civilisations. Vilipendé au début, commenté par des générations de lecteurs, il est enseigné depuis quelques années dans les universités marocaines. Dix-huit thèses de doctorat lui ont été consacrées à ce jour."--Book cover.


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