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book status: In the Country of Others — Leīla Slimani, transl. from French by Sam Taylor

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In the Country of Others

Leīla Slimani, transl. from French by Sam Taylor

date read: 2022/01/20

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One of those novels that opens a window into an entire world of existence I’d never imagined: in this case, 1950s Morocco for a French woman and her “native” husband. Grappling directly with issues of race, class, and sex, Slimani nonetheless crafts an engaging and tangible world that I quickly became intrigued with.

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