Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Paperback by Alaoui, Meryem; Ramadan, Emma (...

Description: Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Paperback by Alaoui, Meryem; Ramadan, Emma (TRN), ISBN 1892746794, ISBN-13 9781892746795, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This hilarious, colorful portrait of a prostitute navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a promising new literary voice. Jmiaa, a prostitute in Casablanca, lives alone with her daughter. A woman of strong character and quick wit, she doesn't hold back when describing the world around her: her lover Chaèiba, a crude, wordless brute, or Halima, her depressed fellow prostitute who reads the Qur'an between clients, or Mouy, her mother with implacable moral standards who seems completely ignorant of her daughter's work. Then along comes a young woman, Chadlia--dubbed "Horse Mouth" by Jmiaa--who wants to make her first film about the life of this Casa neighborhood. She's looking for an actress... In this breakout debut novel, Meryem Alaoui gives us a vibrant picture of daily life in a working-class Morocco where everyone copes with difficulties through vitality and resourcefulness"--

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Book Title: Straight from the Horse's Mouth : a Novel

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Other Press, LLC

Item Height: 0.9 in

Topic: Contemporary Women, Middle Eastern, Family Life, General

Publication Year: 2020

Genre: Fiction, Literary Collections

Item Weight: 11.9 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Meryem Alaoui

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback