Description:
The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45 5pm. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes; register online. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.
Drawing on the rich Arabic oral tradition, Ben Jelloun tells a story of power, colonialism, gender, and sexual identity in North Africa.
Praise for The Sand Child: Ben Jelloun, a writer of much originality, succeeds brilliantly in infusing his story with a melancholy that attaches itself not just to Ahmed but also to the Arab world.Chicago Tribune
Mythic, symbolic, at times even highly poetic . . . At the center of this magical tale the question of gender (and the tangential problems of race and culture) predominates . . . The ending is absolutely startling.Washington Post Book World
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