A warm and humorous novel about working-class Algerian women in France as they reconcile their inherited trauma of migration with forging a future on their terms by an internationally bestselling and award-winning author.
Faïza Guène Libros
7 de junio de 1985
Faïza Guène es una escritora y directora francesa cuyas obras a menudo exploran la vida de jóvenes de comunidades inmigrantes. Su escritura se caracteriza por una voz vibrante y auténtica que capta los matices de la vida cotidiana y la identidad cultural. Guène profundiza en temas como el autodescubrimiento, las diferencias generacionales y los encuentros culturales con un gran sentido del detalle y la empatía. Su estilo es fresco y accesible, lo que permite a los lectores conectar profundamente con sus personajes y sus viajes.
Men Don't Cry
- 216 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
Mourad is strangely torn between a desire for freedom and the fear of his worst nightmare: that of becoming an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair.
Dreams from the Endz
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
Her father, The Boss, is permanently disabled after an accident on a building site, her sixteen-year-old brother, Foued, has been permanently excluded from school and seems intent on joining the drug-dealers who share their estate, while she is left to deal with the guilt trips from their family back in Algeria.
Just Like Tomorrow
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Fifteen-year-old Doria isn't in a good place. Still, it could be worse: Doria could be like Samra, the girl in the flat above, whose father doesn't let her out, or Youssef who has been banged up for a year for dealing in drugs and stolen cars.
Bar Balto
- 160 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Joel, aka 'The Rink' (because his bald patch is shiny enough to skate on), the unpopular owner of the only bar in town has been murdered. Tani's mother, Madame Levi; As the tension mounts and we're still none the wiser, the ending is as tragic as it is unexpected.
