The narrative revolves around the life of Ayoub Benaissa, an ex-professor of English literature, who lives as an impoverished and speechless recluse in a typical Moroccan town. Ayoub has a heavy limp, incurred a few years earlier in a tragic accident, kept by the third-person narrator shrouded in mystery until the last part of the novel. His limited financial means notwithstanding, he is a ‘frequent flyer’, driven by a compulsive need to ‘travel’ every Saturday. Because of his egregiously bad limp, he undergoes a series of humiliating incidents during his tumultuous trips to the airport. All the while, despite all the irritations of the present, he finds time to escape back into the past, summoning up through an overactive memory, in a stream-of-consciousness manner, significant milestones in his life. Although he is diminished, his consciousness remains that of an intellectual, capable of making perceptive commentary about himself and others, about his own country and the rest of the world.
Avis clients (7)
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Mar 17, 2025
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Apr 12, 2025
Benaziza's novel is sincerely a must-read for everyone; I myself have read it in one go and will read it again with more pleasure once it gets translated in French. A great Moroccan novelist is born! Keep writing, Prof. Benaziza, and my heartfelt thanks to you for having gratified readers like me with such a masterpiece.
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May 02, 2025
A waste of time and money!
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Apr 15, 2025
a novel one will find so hard to put down once you start reading it. It gives book lovers the essence of the reading pleasure. I am reading it for the second time. very skillful mastery of the language. very captivating sytle. well plotted events.
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Apr 20, 2025
Congratulations on bringing this masterpiece to life and retrieving Moroccan historical memory and identity and style in a postmodernist style! I am reading it with pride! When is your next novel going to be published? I become addicted!
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Jan 24, 2025
Quel livre !! je recommande
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Feb 03, 2025
