Leila Slimani remakes the life of her grandmother, a French woman married to a Moroccan in the 1950s, in
The Country of Others
(Cabaret Voltaire), a book that allows you to delve into that complicated passionate relationship between one and the other.
“I wanted to tell the story of the Morocco that was going to come out of colonization.
Many fought for France and when they returned they were confronted with racism, violence, harshness and I wanted to say that the racism experienced by the Maghrebis did not begin when they emigrated to Europe, but existed long before.
And show that the relations between France and Morocco have been passionate and complex relationships for many years and will continue to be so for a long time ”.
Slimani visits the
What are you reading?
Program from France
.
Talk about
The Country of Others
and select several readings:
-
Jack London's
Martin Eden,
his autobiographical novel about how he becomes a writer.
Akal.
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The unbearable lightness of being,
by Milan Kundera.
Tusquets.
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Lying in the dark,
first novel by William Styron (1951).
Plaza & Janés.
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Gone with the Wind,
by Margaret Mitchell (1936).
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A good man is hard to find,
by Flannery O'Connor, a 1953 story that can be found in
Lumen's
Complete Tales
.
