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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Watch Us Dance

Leïla Slimani (author), Sam Taylor (translator)

Paperback Published on: 02/05/2024

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Interesting historical perspective

This is the second in a trilogy and continues to develop this family saga as Morocco gains independence from France. The characterisation is good and the ... READ MORE

Linda@{Livingston]

Synopsis

Morocco, 1968. The air is electric. Anything feels possible, and Mathilde is determined to celebrate it. Doesn't she have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating her best years to the war and then to this farm?

Looking out at her elegant garden, Mathilde reflects on all she has achieved. Now in a newly independent country intoxicated by its own sense of freedom, she yearns for a radiant future.

But her babies are now grown up, and Mathilde is about to learn that life can take wild and unexpected turns.

Publisher information

Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571376087
Number of pages: 336
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
Weight: 240g
Languages: English

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Morocco in the '60s

This is Leïla Slimani's second instalment in what will be a trilogy family saga set in Morocco spanning across the second half of the 20th century. In the ... READ MORE

Lalla Lovaro

A family saga set in Morocco during a period of seismic change

Although second book in a trilogy relatively straightforward to pick up the threads although regretted not reading the beginning of this saga of family lif... READ MORE

George Young