"Silence on the Shores" depicts the final day in the life of a
Maghrebian immigrant in France. Having crossed the Mediterranean to
"the other shore" as a young man to find work, he ultimately
remained in France, married a French woman, and broke the promise
he made to his mother to return home one day. Aware that death is
drawing close, he fears experiencing the ultimate form of exile:
dying alone, with no fellow Muslim at his side to whisper the
customary prayer for the dead in his ear.
Leila Sebbar's minimalist style deftly and powerfully conveys
the simplicity of everyday life on both shores of the
Mediterranean. Interweaving several monologues, she examines
multiple facets of exile and the role of memory in easing its
pain.
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