Mahi Binebine's courageous novel takes place in Morocco, where seven would-be immigrants, pulled by the dream of a better life, gather one night near the Straight of Gibraltar, the ten-mile-wide waterway that separates Europe and Africa, to wait for a signal from traffickers that it is time to cross. While they wait, their stories unfold: Kacem is an escapee from the civil war in Algeria; Nuara, with her newborn child, hopes to find her husband, who hasn't been in touch for months since moving to France; and Aziz, the young ...
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Mahi Binebine's courageous novel takes place in Morocco, where seven would-be immigrants, pulled by the dream of a better life, gather one night near the Straight of Gibraltar, the ten-mile-wide waterway that separates Europe and Africa, to wait for a signal from traffickers that it is time to cross. While they wait, their stories unfold: Kacem is an escapee from the civil war in Algeria; Nuara, with her newborn child, hopes to find her husband, who hasn't been in touch for months since moving to France; and Aziz, the young narrator, and his cousin Reda are severed, in different ways, from their families in southern Morocco. They all share a longing to escape and a readiness to risk everything, but the only person who can help them is Morad, a fast-talking ex-con. "Welcome to Paradise" delves into a world that most readers know only from stories on the nightly news, delivering a compassionate glimpse into the difficulties facing asylum seekers and a striking portrait of human desperation.
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Add this copy of Welcome to Paradise to cart. $13.61, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Granta Books (Uk).
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Edition:
2003, Granta
Hardcover
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First printing
Publisher:
Granta
Published:
2003
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
12513786038
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Small 8vo, pp. 181. Translated by Lulu Norman. Blue paper over boards. Bottom edges of cover slightly scuffed, o/w a very nice copy in dj. A novel set in Morocco by the Moroccan writer.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s) 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing 2003, Hardcover with the dust jacket, 181 page book. Signed by the author and with a line drawing by this artist / writer on the first blank page. Condition: Fine.
