The Sacred Night (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Franska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
2000-09-01
Upplaga
New ed
Utmärkelser
Winner of Prix Goncourt 1987 (France)
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Översättare
Alan Sheridan
Originalspråk
French
Illustrationer
No
Dimensioner
209 x 140 x 12 mm
Vikt
220 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780801864414

The Sacred Night

av Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The Sacred Night continues the remarkable story Tahar Ben Jelloun began in The Sand Child. Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative that shifts in and out of reality moving between a mysterious present and a painful past, Ben Jelloun relates the events of Ahmed's adult life. Now calling herself Zahra, she renounces her role as only son and heir after her father's death and journeys through a dreamlike Moroccan landscape. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality.
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Impressive... Though [the story] suggests a number of allegorical interpretations, the surface of the narrative proceeds with enough sheer pleasure and lack of pretension to deeper meanings to ensure that these are rarely overt... Gender, sexuality, the cultures they impose, and the restrictions imposed on them by cultures, are a form of imprisonment; yet so, too, is the attempt to evade them. Times Literary Supplement Haunting, often hallucinogenic. Los Angeles Times A writer of much originality. Chicago Tribune

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Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fez, Morocco, in 1944 and has lived in France since 1971. An internationally recognized novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist, Ben Jelloun has received numerous awards for his works, including the Prix Maghreb, the Prix des Hemispheres and the Legion of Honor. His books include Solitaire, Silent Day in Tangier, With Downcast Eyes, Corruption, and Racism Explained to My Daughter. He is also a regular contributor to Le Monde. His novel The Sand Child is also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins.

Innehållsförteckning

Preamble Chapter 1. Inventory Chapter 2. Night of Destiny Chapter 3. A Beautiful Day Chapter 4. The Perfumed Garden Chapter 5. The Mirrors of Time Chapter 6. A Dagger Caressing My Back Chapter 7. The Seated Woman Chapter 8. The Consul Chapter 9. The Pact Chapter 10. A Soul Defeated Chapter 11. A Confusion of Feelings Chapter 12. The Consul's Room Chapter 13. A Lake of Heavy Water Chapter 14. The Brothel Charade Chapter 15. The Murder Chapter 16. In The Darkness Chapter 17. The Letter Chapter 18. Ashes and Blood Chapter 19. The Forgotten Chapter 20. My Story, My Prison Chapter 21. Hell Chapter 22. The Saint

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