The Country of Others

by Leïla Slimani

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Pub Date 5 Aug 2021 | Archive Date 6 Aug 2021

Faber and Faber Ltd | Faber & Faber

General Fiction (Adult) | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

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'Dazzling.' Emma Stonex
'Exceptional.' Salman Rushdie
'Powerful.' Christine Mangan
'Captivating.' Elle

1944. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France to join her husband in Morocco.

But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young woman. Her life is now that of a farmer's wife - with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm and by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner, Mathilde grows increasingly restless.

As Morocco's struggle for independence intensifies, Mathilde and her husband find themselves caught in the crossfire.

Advance Praise

'Powerful and compelling - about women and subjugation, otherness and belonging, and the often conflicting loyalty to both family and country - written with a deftness that has come to define Leila Slimani’s writing. It will no doubt resonate in the reader’s mind long after the final sentence is read.” – Christine Mangan, bestselling author of Tangerine

'Slimani's writing has a tremendous evocative power: we see the earth, the house, the dust. We smell the sweet scent of oranges and the acrid smell of sweat. We feel the fear when the nationalist revolt rumbles all over Morocco . . . The Country of Others is a magnificent novel.' – La Presse