Street of thieves
Énard, Mathias (1962 -)
Street of thieves / by Mathias Énard ; translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell. - First edition. - Rochester, NY : Open Letter : , 2014 - 265 p. ; 22 cm
Originally published in France as Rue des voluers by Actes Sud, 2012.
Exiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Lakhdar finds himself on the streets of Barcelona, hiding from both the police and the Muslim Group for the Propagation of Koranic Thoughts - a group he worked in Tangier, Morocco, not long after being thrown out on the streets by his father. Lakhdar's transformations - from a boy into a man, from a devout Muslim into a sinner - take place against the backdrop of some of the most important events of the past few years: the violence and exciting eruption of the Arab Spring and the devastating collapse of Europe's economy. If all that isn't enough, Lakhdar reunites with a childhood friend - one who is planning an assassination, a murder Lakhdar opposes.
Translated from the French to English.
9781940953014
Muslims ----Fiction
Arab Spring, 2010 ----Fiction
Barcelona (Spain) ----Fiction
Suspense fiction
PQ2705.N273 / R8413 2015
FIC ENA
Street of thieves / by Mathias Énard ; translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell. - First edition. - Rochester, NY : Open Letter : , 2014 - 265 p. ; 22 cm
Originally published in France as Rue des voluers by Actes Sud, 2012.
Exiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Lakhdar finds himself on the streets of Barcelona, hiding from both the police and the Muslim Group for the Propagation of Koranic Thoughts - a group he worked in Tangier, Morocco, not long after being thrown out on the streets by his father. Lakhdar's transformations - from a boy into a man, from a devout Muslim into a sinner - take place against the backdrop of some of the most important events of the past few years: the violence and exciting eruption of the Arab Spring and the devastating collapse of Europe's economy. If all that isn't enough, Lakhdar reunites with a childhood friend - one who is planning an assassination, a murder Lakhdar opposes.
Translated from the French to English.
9781940953014
Muslims ----Fiction
Arab Spring, 2010 ----Fiction
Barcelona (Spain) ----Fiction
Suspense fiction
PQ2705.N273 / R8413 2015
FIC ENA
info@labibliotecapublica.org | 