This Blinding Absence of Light
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'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a fail...
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'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan II of Morocco. With sixty others Salim was incarcerated in a secret prison complex in the Moroccan desert: he was to remain there for nearly twenty years. In starkly eloquent, beautiful prose, Ben Jelloun relates the prisoners'' experiences as they struggle to survive. The son of a witty, feckless courtier who disowns him, Salim tells stories to keep sane - from the suras of his beloved Koran to the plot of A Streetcar Named Desire. Even in the darkest, most terrible conditions, sympathy, insight, the human quest for meaning and understanding, never desert Salim. The resulting novel is a wrenching yet exquisite celebration of the human spirit and its determination to survive. ''A masterpiece'' Judges of the IMPAC award ''a sad and splendid book'' New York Times Book Review
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141022826
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
208
Udgivelsesdato
01-09-2005
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1994002
EAN nr.
9780141022826
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
129
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
14
Vægt (g)
154