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The Last Friend

By Tahar Ben Jelloun
Translated by Linda Coverdale

By Tahar Ben Jelloun
Translated by Linda Coverdale

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Paperback $22.00

Jan 30, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038481

The Last Friend by Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Jan 30, 2007 | ISBN 9780143038481

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About The Last Friend

Renowned for his compeling , humane portraits of everyday Arab lives, Tahar Ben Jelloun has affirmed his place in the literary world by winning such awards as the Prix Goncourt and Prix Maghreb. In The Last Friend, Ben Jelloun presents a spellbinding coming-of-age story and a dazzling portrait of Morocco in an era of repression and disillusionment. In Tangiers in the late 1950s, two teenagers, Mamed and Ali, strike up an intense friendship that will last a lifetime. But lurking just beneath the surface is a deep, unspoken jealousy in danger of destroying them both.

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About Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in Fez, Morocco, and immigrated to France in 1961. A novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, he is a regular contributor to Le Monde, La Républica, El País, and Panorama.

Product Details

Category: Literary Fiction

Paperback | $22.00
Published by Penguin Books
Jan 30, 2007 | 192 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-1/8 | ISBN 9780143038481

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Praise

What Ben Jelloun does brilliantly is write with a kind of refreshing candor that demystifies the Arab world. (Paris Voice)

A profound and moving novel. (Le Monde)

Daring and introspective, The Last Friend should bring [Ben Jelloun] the wide readership that has eluded him in this country. (The Nation)

Absorbing, like a meditation, a trance. (The Daily Telegraph, London)

…a seductive, lyrical novel exploring the seeming betrayal of a lifelong friendship (French Book News)

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