The Country of Others: A Novel
Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor (translation)'Dazzling.' — Emma Stonex
'Exceptional.' — Salman Rushdie
'Powerful.' — Christine Mangan
'Captivating.' — Elle
1944. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France to join her husband in Morocco.
But life here is unrecognisable to this brave & passionate young woman. Her life is now that of a farmer's wife - with all the sacrifices & vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm & by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner, Mathilde grows increasingly restless.
As Morocco's struggle for independence intensifies, Mathilde & her husband find themselves caught in the crossfire.
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Leïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist & frequent commentator on women’s & human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for the promotion of the French language & culture. Leïla is also the chair of the International Booker Prize 2023 judging panel. Born in Rabat, Morocco,in 1981, she lives in Portugal.
Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator & novelist. He has written 4 novels & he has translated more than 60 books from the French, including Laurent Binet’s HHhH, Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny, & Marcel Proust’s The 75 Folios.