Based on fact, this is the story of twenty-three Moroccan prisoners incarcerated in a hell-hole prison after a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan II in 1971. It is one of the most painful books of torture, endurance and survival I have ever come across. The writing is very impressive.
Comparison: Solzhenitsyn, Primo Levi, Elise Blackwell (Hunger).
Similar this month: None but try A L Kennedy or Roddy Doyle for fine writing.
In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan II of Morocco. With sixty others Salim was incarcerated in a secret prison complex in the Moroccan desert: he was to remain there for nearly twenty years.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
In this extraordinary non-fiction novel, based on a true story, Tahar Ben Jelloun traces the experiences of Salim who, in 1971, took part in a failed coup attempt to oust King Hassan II of Morocco. With sixty others Salim was incarcerated in a secret prison complex in the Moroccan desert: he was to remain there for nearly twenty years.
This Blinding Absence Of Light features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, General Fiction, Fiction
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This Blinding Absence Of Light was written by Tahar Ben Jelloun and published by Penguin Books Ltd
This Blinding Absence Of Light has 195 pages
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