Last Patriarch (e-bog) af Hachmi, Najat El
Hachmi, Najat El (forfatter)

Last Patriarch e-bog

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The Last Patriarch is narrated by the daughter of Mimoun Driouch - the patriarch of the title - from his birth to her entrance into university. Mimoun believes that life on his parents' land is not his destiny&quote; and so we follow his journey from rural Morocco to urban Cataluna. Mimoun's own violent nature and paranoia leads to frustration and rage, which he duly takes out on his wife and c...
E-bog 77,59 DKK
Forfattere Hachmi, Najat El (forfatter), Bush, Peter (oversætter)
Udgivet 5 juli 2012
Genrer Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781847652393
The Last Patriarch is narrated by the daughter of Mimoun Driouch - the patriarch of the title - from his birth to her entrance into university. Mimoun believes that life on his parents' land is not his destiny"e; and so we follow his journey from rural Morocco to urban Cataluna. Mimoun's own violent nature and paranoia leads to frustration and rage, which he duly takes out on his wife and children. "e;This was not his destiny - this phrase is repeated almost like a mantra for Mimoun, who truly believes he is meant for great things. However, as the years pass, it begins to sound hollow; he does not escape the limitations of the role assigned to him by the patriarchal system, but his daughter will.El Hachmi looks at the role of women within a patriarchal culture while tackling more contemporary issues such as immigration and integration, as well as the fractured identity that results from having roots in two very distinct cultures. It is at once a powerful saga of a Moroccan family and a story of a girl's struggle to find her own identity and break free of a domineering father.