Other people's land

Couples and countries, and two cultures, and two religions, and two different upbringings - and love, both of them, at the intersection of two worlds, everything keeps them apart: culture, customs, lifestyle, and others' view of them as outsiders. How can a person live torn between two camps? How can he remain loyal to himself in "the land of others," without clashing with the other's culture and without losing his identity? All the characters of this wonderful novel live in "the land of others": colonizers and locals alike, as well as soldiers, farmers, and exiles. Women, in particular, live in the land of men, between submission to deep-rooted traditions and a desire for modernity. Layla Slimani tells us a captivating story, harsh and gentle at the same time, with a delicate human touch, emphasizing that the writer, the true writer, captures the reader and takes him to "the land of others." Layla Slimani is a Moroccan-French writer and journalist, born in Rabat in 1981. Her novel "A Quiet Song" won the Goncourt Prize in 2016, becoming the first Arab to win this prestigious award. "Land of Others," her third novel, topped the bestseller list in France immediately upon its release and has been translated into more than thirty languages.