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Living in Your Light by Abdellah Taïa, Emma Ramadan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Living in Your Light about?
A story in praise of a woman, a fighter, a survivor from the award-winning French-Moroccan novelist known for humanizing North Africa’s otherwise marginalized characters—prostitutes and thieves, trans and gay people in a world where being LGBTQ+ can be a dangerous act. Shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2022. Three moments in the life of Malika, a Moroccan countrywoman. From 1954 to 1999. From French colonization to the death of King Hassan II. It is her voice we hear in Abdellah Taïa’s stunning new novel, translated by Emma Ramadan, who won the PEN Translation Prize for her translation of Taia’s last novel, A Country for Dying. Malika’s first husband was sent by the French to fight in Indochina. In the 1960s, in Rabat, she does everything possible to prevent her daughter Khadija from becoming a maid in a rich French woman’s villa. The day before the death of Hassan II, a young homosexual thief,...
Who reads Living in Your Light?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Abdellah Taïa, Emma Ramadan
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781644214541
- Category
- work of fiction
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