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“fatima daas”

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  • The Last One

    A Novel

    by Fatima Daas ...
    Translated by Lara Vergnaud ...
    **“Fatima Daas carves out a portrait, like a patient, attentive sculptor...or like a mine searcher, aware that each word could make everything explode.” —Virginie DespentesDrawn from the author’s experiences growing up in a Paris banlieue, a powerful, lyric debut that explores the diverse, often conflicting facets of her identity—French, Algerian, Muslim, lesbian.**The youngest daughter of ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • THE LAST ONE

    by FATIMA DAAS ...
    The youngest daughter of Algerian immigrants, Fatima Daas is raised in a home where love and sexuality are considered taboo and signs of affection avoided. Living in the majority-Muslim Clichy-sous-Bois, she often spends more than three hours a day on public transport to and from the city, where she feels like a tourist observing Parisian manners. She goes from unstable student to maladjusted ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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