Faïza Guène je francouzská spisovatelka a režisérka, jejíž díla se často zabývají životem mladých lidí z přistěhovaleckých komunit. Její psaní vyniká živým a autentickým hlasem, který zachycuje specifika každodenního života a kulturní identity. Guène zkoumá témata jako je hledání sebe sama, generační rozdíly a střet kultur s citem pro detail a empatií. Její styl je svěží a přístupný, což čtenářům umožňuje hluboce se vcítit do postav a jejich osudů.
Fifteen-year-old Doria isn't in a good place. Still, it could be worse: Doria could be like Samra, the girl in the flat above, whose father doesn't let her out, or Youssef who has been banged up for a year for dealing in drugs and stolen cars.
A warm and humorous novel about working-class Algerian women in France as they reconcile their inherited trauma of migration with forging a future on their terms by an internationally bestselling and award-winning author.
Mourad is strangely torn between a desire for freedom and the fear of his worst nightmare: that of becoming an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair.
Her father, The Boss, is permanently disabled after an accident on a building site, her sixteen-year-old brother, Foued, has been permanently excluded from school and seems intent on joining the drug-dealers who share their estate, while she is left to deal with the guilt trips from their family back in Algeria.
Joel, aka 'The Rink' (because his bald patch is shiny enough to skate on), the unpopular owner of the only bar in town has been murdered. Tani's mother, Madame Levi; As the tension mounts and we're still none the wiser, the ending is as tragic as it is unexpected.