This Blinding Absence of Light (Paperback)

In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan II of Morocco. With sixty others Salim was incarcerated in a secret prison complex in the Moroccan desert: he was to remain there for nearly twenty years.;In starkly eloquent, beautiful prose, Ben Jelloun relates the prisoners' experiences as they struggle to survive. The son of a witty, feckless courtier who disowns him, Salim tells stories to keep sane from the suras of his beloved Koran to the plot of A Streetcar Named Desire. Even in the darkest, most terrible conditions, sympathy, insight, the human quest for meaning and understanding, never desert Salim. The resulting novel is a wrenching yet exquisite celebration of the human spirit and its determination to survive.;A masterpiece' Judges of the IMPAC award;'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	April 2007
Authors:	Tahar Ben Jelloun
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	195
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-102282-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-14-102282-5
Barcode:	9780141022826

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