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.
Faïza Guène Pořadí knih
7. červen 1985
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.
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