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Street of thieves / by Mathias Énard ; translated from the French by Charlotte Mandell.

By:

Énard, Mathias, (1962 -)

Contributor(s):

Mandell, Charlotte

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Rochester, NY : Open Letter : , 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 265 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781940953014

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Suspense fiction

DDC classification:

FIC ENA

LOC classification:

PQ2705.N273 R8413 2015

Abstract: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ENA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		019889

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.

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