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The country of others, war,war,war, Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor, volume one

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The country of others, war,war,war, Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor, volume one

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eng

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fiction

Main title

The country of others

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Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor

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war,war,war

Summary

1944. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France to join her husband in Morocco. But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young woman. Her life is now that of a farmer's wife, with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm and by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner, Mathilde grows increasingly restless. As violence threatens and Morocco's own struggle for independence grows daily, Mathilde and Amine's refusal to take sides sees them and their family at odds with their own desire for freedom. How can Mathilde, a woman whose life is dominated by the decisions of men, hold her family together in a world that is being torn apart?

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