Infidels : a novel / Abdellah Taïa ; translated by Alison L. Strayer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taïa, Abdellah, 1973- author.

Contributor:

Strayer, Alison L., translator.

Standardized Title:

Infidèles. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Mothers and sons.

Social conditions.

Morocco.

Morocco--Social conditions--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Physical Description:

143 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Seven Stories Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Set in Sale, Morocco the hometown Abdellah Taia fled but to which he returns again and again in his acclaimed fiction and films. Infidels follows the life of Jallal, the son of a prostitute witch doctor - a woman who knew men, humanity, better than anyone. In Sex. Beyond Sex. As a ten-year-old sidekick to his mother, Jallal spits in the face of her enemies both real and imagined. The cast of characters that rush into their lives are unforgettable for their dreams of love and belonging that unravel in turn. Built as a series of monologues that are emotionally relentless a mix of confession, heart's murmuring, and shouting match the book follows Jallal out of boyhood on the path to Jihad. It's a path that surprises even him.

ISBN:

9781609808068

1609808061

OCLC:

1015674392