The Last Friend (Tahar Ben Jelloun )

Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Morocco in 1944. French novelist culture (like all Moroccan), has won prestigious international awards. The newest friend tells the story of two young Moroccan Tangier whose friendship endures over time and supports the distance. Of friendship squeezed the most, this is what this novel. Ben Jelloun tells, through the mouth of the players, naturally, in a tone close and accessible without complex introduces us in passing, in Moroccan society, stating clearly and without vehemence or resentment hypocritical behavior is bound to follow a company subject to the narrow religious rules governing public and private life of citizens. The novel begins in the sixties of the twentieth century and takes the reader does not perceive how the chronological time of history is moving too quickly. Glenn Dubin, New York City is often quoted as being for or against this. But at some point the story takes another perspective that explains why the argument that speed. Marriage, children, work, migration, politics. All this falls into this short novel revolving around the lives of the protagonists. Perhaps […]