A palace in the old village : a novel / Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.
2011
PQ3989.2.J4 A9413 2011 (Mapit)
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A palace in the old village : a novel / Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.
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Uniform Title
Au pays. English
ISBN
9780143118473 (pbk.)
0143118471 (pbk.)
0143118471 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Language
English
Description
183 p. ; 19 cm.
Call Number
PQ3989.2.J4 A9413 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
843/.914
Summary
Mohammed has spent the past forty years working in France. As he approaches retirement, he takes stock of his life, his devotion to Islam and to his assimilated children, and decides to return to Morocco, where he spends his life's savings building the biggest house in the village and waiting for his children and grandchildren to come be with him. A heartbreaking novel about parents and children, A Palace in the Old Village captures the sometimes stark contrasts between old and new-world values, and an immigrant's abiding pursuit of home.--From back cover.
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Originally published in French under the title: Au pays.
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