“It’s probably his age that makes the worrying worse. But he
can’t help picking up on every detail that ruins his day, stoking
his unease and filling him with fear and shame. After dinner he
gathers up the empty wine bottles, shoves them in rubbish bags, and
drives two kilometres to dump them in a skip. He’s worried about
being denounced by the guy who monitors the parking in his street,
that redhead who’s let his beard grow and calls the girls at the
private school bitches and whores. ‘We should marry them off
whether they like it or not, right professor?’ Amine does not
reply. Amine says nothing.” Leïla Slimani This collection brings
together three short volumes of work by Goncourt-winning author
Leïla Slimani. The stories and essays in The Devil is in the
Detail approach questions close to Slimani’s heart: Islam and
fundamentalism, the importance of literature, and Paris as a symbol
of freedom and tolerance. On Writing is an illuminating dialogue in
which Slimani discusses her writing approach and techniques, and My
Heroine: Simone Veil is a homage to Veil, a feminist pioneer who
fought tirelessly for women’s rights. From everyday restrictions
to national tragedies, Slimani grapples with important and eternal
issues, and is unafraid to face them head on.
General
| Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
World Writing in French: New Archipelagoes |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Translators: |
Helen Vassallo
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
80 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80207-885-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-80207-885-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781802078855 |
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