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Shukri Mabkhout portrays youth and political tension in Tunis, while Albert Memmi examines Jewish identity under French rule. Hassouna Mosbahi creates a dark double narrative of a mother and son on the urban margins. Habib Selmi focuses on intimate details of a relationship across cultures. Ali Douagi’s stories add an earlier, humorous perspective on social change.
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The novel follows a young man's ambitions and disillusionment in 1980s and 1990s Tunisia.
Original title: al-Talyānī
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Translated by Miled Faiza and Karen McNeill
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A young Tunisian Jew confronts colonial advancement and pressure to reject his roots.
Original title: La Statue de sel
A murdered mother and her condemned son present conflicting accounts of life on Tunis’s outskirts.
Original title: Hikaya tunisiya
A Tunisian man’s relationship with a French woman develops and unravels through everyday details.
Original title: Rawa’ih Marie-Claire
These stories portray changing Tunisian society with humour and attention to everyday detail.
Original title: Sahirtu minhu al-Layali
An exiled prince’s journey from a destroyed kingdom crosses history and imagination.
A doctor sorts his missing brother’s writings and discovers questions about his own identity.
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