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Manzil Burqiba [Menzel Bourguiba], by Inas al- Abassi [Inès Abassi], Beirut, Dar Al Saqi & AFAC, 2018, 192 pp., $10 (softcover), ISBN 978-614-03-2053-6 Les lendemains d'hier, by Ali Bécheur Tunis, Éditions Elyzad, 2017, 272 pp., DT 20.90/€19.90 (softcover), ISBN 978-9973-58-095-5 In 2018 two novels were recognised by the Comar d'Or, Tunisia's major literary prize for fiction. Ali Bécheur is a familiar literary voice in Tunisia, having won the 2006 Comar d'Or for his novel I Le paradis des femmes i . On the contrary, the narrative is resolved through a hopeful dissociation from the complicated family history: Jihan is an adult and at the end of the novel, she escapes by returning to the life she has built for herself. [Extracted from the article] |
