Country of others. Christmas under cypresses
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After the noisy success of the novel “Perfect Nanny”, the young French writer of Moroccan origin Leila Slimani, the laureate of the Goncurovsky Prize, took up the grand epic - a family saga in three volumes called “Country of others”, based on real events.
“Christmas under cypress ” - the first book of this trilogy. The action takes place after the Second World War. Twenty -year -old Matilda, a Frenchwoman from Alsace, without memory fell in love with an officer of the colonial troops participating in the liberation of France in 1944. Without a minute without hesitation, she came out
to marry him and went to live with him in Morocco. The acute desire to return to her homeland, which arose soon upon arrival, has to suppress: pregnant, without a penny in her pocket, she turns out to be a hostage to her subordinate position in the country where the woman’s life is limited by the hard rules of Islam. In addition, Morocco is restless, the attacks of nationalists follow one after another. However, Matilda is not one of those who give up. Despite disappointments, poverty and humiliation, she desperately fights for her family and her love. The book brought Leila Slimani Grand Prix of the magazine Madame Figaro for the best female character
“Christmas under cypress ” - the first book of this trilogy. The action takes place after the Second World War. Twenty -year -old Matilda, a Frenchwoman from Alsace, without memory fell in love with an officer of the colonial troops participating in the liberation of France in 1944. Without a minute without hesitation, she came out
to marry him and went to live with him in Morocco. The acute desire to return to her homeland, which arose soon upon arrival, has to suppress: pregnant, without a penny in her pocket, she turns out to be a hostage to her subordinate position in the country where the woman’s life is limited by the hard rules of Islam. In addition, Morocco is restless, the attacks of nationalists follow one after another. However, Matilda is not one of those who give up. Despite disappointments, poverty and humiliation, she desperately fights for her family and her love. The book brought Leila Slimani Grand Prix of the magazine Madame Figaro for the best female character
Author:
Author:Slimani L.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-134444-3
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