{"product_id":"leaving-tangier-9780143114659","title":"Leaving Tangier","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's great writers, a novel that mirrors the journeys of millions who leave home for a better life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLeaving Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning, internationally bestselling author Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the story of a Moroccan brother and sister making new lives for themselves in Spain. Azel is a young man in Tangier who dreams of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. When he meets Miguel, a wealthy Spaniard, he leaves behind his girlfriend, his sister, Kenza, and his mother, and moves with him to Barcelona, where Kenza eventually joins them. What they find there forms the heart of this novel of seduction and betrayal, deception and disillusionment, in which Azel and Kenza are reminded powerfully not only of where they've come from, but also of who they really are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTahar Ben Jelloun\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1944 in Fez, Morocco, and emigrated to France in 1961. A novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, he is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Republica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl País, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePanorama\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Night\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt), \u003ci\u003eCorruption\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Friend\u003c\/i\u003e. Ben Jelloun won the 1994 Prix Maghreb, and in 2004 he won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for \u003ci\u003eThis Blinding Absence of Light\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513855086866,"sku":"9780143114659","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17aa390a-dd7b-42e2-a03c-a6ce7a9ac39e.jpg?v=1730968245","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leaving-tangier-9780143114659","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}