A01=Faiza Guene
algeria
Author_Faiza Guene
Category=DN
coming of age
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family
family life
feminism
france
immigration
Literary fiction
masculinity
migration
paris
translation
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- ISBN 9781911115694
- Dimensions: 216 x 135mm
- Publication Date: 24 Aug 2021
- Publisher: Cassava Republic Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Mourad and his family live in Nice. His retired father spends his days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother, bemoaning the loss of her natal village in North Africa. Dounia, the eldest, is a staunch feminist; Mina, the youngest, blushes when the scented shower gel ad comes on. Mourad is strangely torn between a desire for freedom and the fear of his worst nightmare: that of becoming an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair.
On her eighteenth birthday, Dounia leaves home for good. She is no longer part of the family. Ten years later, Mourad's father has a stroke and makes his son promise to patch things up with his estranged sister, now a lawyer with an aspiring career in politics. Appointed to the Parisian suburbs as a teacher-in-training, Mourad tracks down Dounia and battles to span the gulf separating her and the rest of the family.
Fai za Gue ne is a French writer and director. She was born in France in 1985 to parents of Algerian origin. Spotted at a writing workshop at the age of 18, Fai za made an astonishing literary debut with the international bestseller, Kiffe kiffe demain (Hachette litte rature, 2004), which has been translated into over thirty languages. This was followed by two further novels Du reve pour les oufs. (Hachette Litteratures, 2006) and Les gens du Balto. (Hachette Litteratures, 2008).
Fai za has acquired a reputation as one of France's most unique contemporary literary voices. Fai za has also directed several short films, including Rien que des mots (2004).
