{"product_id":"in-the-country-of-others-paperback","title":"In the Country of Others - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny \u003c\/i\u003ethat \"lays bare women's intimate, lacerating experience of war\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter World War II, Mathilde leaves France for Morocco to be with her husband, whom she met while he was fighting for the French army. A spirited young woman, she now finds herself a farmer's wife, her vitality sapped by the isolation, the harsh climate, and the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner. But she refuses to be subjugated or confined to her role as mother of a growing family. As tensions mount between the Moroccans and the French colonists, Mathilde's fierce desire for autonomy parallels her adopted country's fight for independence in this lush and transporting novel about race, resilience, and women's empowerment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeila Slimani\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Nanny, \u003c\/i\u003e one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of 2018, for which she became the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAdèle, \u003c\/i\u003e about a sex-addicted woman in Paris, won the La Mamounia Prize for the best book by a Moroccan author written in French and gave rise to her nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eSex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World.\u003c\/i\u003e A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, Slimani spearheaded a campaign--for which she won the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom--to help Moroccan women speak out, as self-declared outlaws, against their country's \"unfair and obsolete laws.\" She is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture and was ranked #2 on \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e France's annual list of the Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she now lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.3 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766115008800,"sku":"9780143135982","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/39d706482a38cbf093e5f09086dff1ba.webp?v=1780285843","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-country-of-others-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}