Status
Available
Genres
Publication
GALLIMARD (1997), 297 pages
Description
Laila, a Moroccan girl, was abducted from his village in the mountains and sold to six years to Lalla Asma, an elderly woman that instructs and becomes his grandmother. When, after eight years, dies Lalla Asma, Laia flee and take refuge in a fondac, actually a house of "princesses" who are the delight of men. But even there, with dubious, the persecuted son of Lalla Asma. Laila, fear as a golden fish, just get away from thinking about those men who are dealing with a suspicious affection. After esconderses few months in a neighborhood pauprrimo, goes to Paris with illegally Huriya, one of the "princess" of fondac.
User reviews
LibraryThing member CorinneT
It’s a highly heart-moving story of an African young girl, raised under severe conditions, at times under abuse and among the prostitutes, who is trying desperately to fight the evils around, while searching for her identity, at times by the wrong way. The novel embarks upon several powerful
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themes, but what I really like is that Le Clezio stays in the background always, and manages deftly to pass all his messages thru his characters alone. An excellent example of craft. Show Less
LibraryThing member CorinneT
It’s a highly heart-moving story of an African young girl, raised under severe conditions, at times under abuse and among the prostitutes, who is trying desperately to fight the evils around, while searching for her identity, at times by the wrong way. The novel embarks upon several powerful
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themes, but what I really like is that Le Clezio stays in the background always, and manages deftly to pass all his messages thru his characters alone. An excellent example of craft. Show Less
Language
Original language
French
Physical description
297 p.; 8.07 inches
ISBN
2070749118 / 9782070749119