by Kenizé Mourad · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495971425
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«De parte de la princesa muerta» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Quinteto in paperback (750 pages, in Spanish).
The work begins in 1918, at the court of the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and follows Princess Selma from childhood to exile. Her journey takes her through Lebanon, India and Paris, where she will experience a great love that she will eventually lose. The author weaves family memory with the great events of the 20th century to speak of identity, loss and the search for a place of one's own.
Novel translated from French by Mauricio Wacquez, with the original title «De la part de la princesse morte». Part of the Quinteto Bolsillo collection, number 49.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and exile narratives with a biographical background.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
