ENDLESS FALL - A LITTLE CHRONICLE

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In this poignant account of a classmates suicide, the acclaimed Moroccan author gives both a biting critique of small-town bigotry in the 1960s and a moving tribute to the fleeting beauty of adolescence.

In Settat in the 1960s, when it was still a tiny village, a young man leapt to his death in front of his stunned class and their teacher, left holding a brief, devastating suicide note. Among the students was Mohamed Leftah. Haunted by the uncommon grace of that desperate act, and the tragic image of his body lying in the courtyard, Leftah penned this chronicle of life at the time, marked by repressed desire and shame.

A fiery yet thoughtful meditation on taboo acts--homosexuality, adultery, suicide--and the hypocrisy and cruelty often found in those who judge them,


  • Auteur(s)

    Mohamed Leftah

  • Éditeur

    Other Press

  • Distributeur

    Olf

  • Date de parution

    18/06/2024

  • EAN

    9781635423020

  • Disponibilité

    Disponible

  • Nombre de pages

    80 Pages

  • Longueur

    19 cm

  • Largeur

    12.7 cm

  • Épaisseur

    6 cm

  • Poids

    91 g

  • Support principal

    Poche

Mohamed Leftah

Mohamed Leftah est né en 1946 à Settat, au Maroc. Informaticien, il exerce le métier de journaliste littéraire durant six ans au Maroc, puis pendant quatre ans au Caire, ville où il réside toujours. La Différence a publié de lui Demoiselles de Numidie, dans la collection " Minos ", Au bonheur des limbes et Une fleur dans la nuit.

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