Bibliograph

Watch us dance, Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Type

Label

Watch us dance, Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Watch us dance

Medium

text large print

Oclc number

1390458260

Responsibility statement

Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor

Series statement

In the country of others, book 2Thorndike Press large print dynamic drama

Summary

"It's the 1960s, and the air is electric. On the cusp of adulthood, two biracial siblings -- their father is Moroccan, their mother French -- search for their place in a newly independent Morocco. Aicha aspires to become a doctor and spends most of her time studying. Her younger brother, Selim, falls in with the American and European hippies descending en masse to do drugs and practice free love. Aicha and Selim soon find the ideals of their youth colliding with the realities of racism and corruption, as Moroccans once united against their colonizer make a grab for wealth and influence, and the national spirit of communal celebration gives way to elites telling everyone else to "watch us dance."" --Back cover

Target audience

adult

Classification