An emblematic story of the shipwreck of the Arab Spring At his
father's funeral, to the great consternation of all present, Abdel
Nasser beats the imam who is celebrating the funeral rite. The
narrator, a childhood friend of the protagonist, retraces the story
of "the Italian" from his days as a free and rebellious adolescent
spirit to the leader of a student movement and then affirmed
journalist. Those were crucial years in Tunisia, years of great
tension, change, and repression. Against this background full of
revolutionary ferments stands the tormented love story between
Abdel Nasser and Zeina, a brilliant and beautiful philosophy
student. Their dreams will unfortunately end up being wrecked under
the ruthless gears of a corrupt and chauvinist society. Abdel
Nasser's transformation from a young idealist with high hopes to a
successful, but disillusioned and tired journalist is masterfully
narrated in a stream of stories, digressions and flashbacks in
which the narrative tension is always high. Winner of the 2015
International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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