{"product_id":"living-in-your-light-9781644214534","title":"Living in Your Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story in praise of a woman, a fighter, a survivor from the award-winning French-Moroccan novelist known for humanizing North Africa's otherwise marginalized characters--prostitutes and thieves, trans and gay people in a world where being LGBTQ+ can be a dangerous act. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree moments in the life of Malika, a Moroccan countrywoman. From 1954 to 1999. From French colonization to the death of King Hassan II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is her voice we hear in Abdellah Ta?a's stunning new novel, translated by Emma Ramadan, who won the PEN Translation Prize for her translation of Taia's last novel, A Country for Dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalika's first husband was sent by the French to fight in Indochina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960s, in Rabat, she does everything possible to prevent her daughter Khadija from becoming a maid in a rich French woman's villa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe day before the death of Hassan II, a young homosexual thief, Ja?far, enters her home and wants to kill her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalika recounts with rage her strategies to escape the injustices of History. To survive. To have a little space of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalika is Ta?a's mother: M'Barka Allali Ta?a (1930-2010). This book is dedicated to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Rabat, Morocco in 1973, ABDELLAH TA?A has written many novels in French, including \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eLe jour du roi\u003c\/i\u003e (Prix de Flore, 2010), \u003ci\u003eInfidels\u003c\/i\u003e, translated into English by Alison Strayer (Seven Stories Press, 2016), and \u003ci\u003eA Country for Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Emma Ramadan's translation (Seven Stories Press, 2020). His most recent novel \u003ci\u003eLe bastion des larmes\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt 2024 and won the Prix Decembre 2024. He is the director of two award-winning feature films, \"Salvation Army\" (2013) and \"Cabo Negro\" (2025). He lives in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMMA RAMADAN \u003c\/b\u003eis an educator and literary translator from French. She was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Abdellah Ta?a's \u003ci\u003eA Country for Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, and has also received the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAlbertine Prize, two NEA Fellowships, and a Fulbright. Her other translations include Anne Garr?ta's\u003ci\u003e Sphinx\u003c\/i\u003e, Kamel Daoud's \u003ci\u003eZabor, or the Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaoutar Harchi's \u003ci\u003eAs We Exist\u003c\/i\u003e, Marguerite Duras's \u003ci\u003eThe Easy Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and Barbara Molinard's \u003ci\u003ePanics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186388861202,"sku":"9781644214534","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_456c6200-2acd-4b98-8bae-3d51f449ce8b.jpg?v=1744622868","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-in-your-light-9781644214534","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}