The Country of Others
$31.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2022
Summary
Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj, a Moroccan soldier billeted in her town fighting for the French. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves her country to follow her new husband to Morocco. But life here is unrecognizable to this brave and passionate young woman.
Suffocated by the heat of the Moroccan climate, by her loneliness on the farm, by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner and by their lack of money, Mathilde grows restless. As viol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571361632 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0571361633 |
| Author: | Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Leïla Slimani
Leila Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women’s and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.
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