by Nadia Hashimi · Hauteville · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782811217266
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«La Perle et la Coquille» is the novel by Nadia Hashimi, published by Hauteville in paperback, with 576 pages and in French.
In Kabul in 2007, Rahima's family resorts to the bacha posh tradition: dressing a daughter as a boy. Rahima, turned into Rahim, discovers freedom and a longing for emancipation that resonates with the story of her ancestor Shekiba a century earlier. The novel interweaves both destinies to explore the condition of women in Afghanistan.
Winner of the Prix des lectrices 2016, it belongs to the Milady Romans collection and features a French translation by Emmanuelle Ghez.
For readers of literary fiction interested in stories of women in Afghanistan; the cover includes a glowing quote from Khaled Hosseini.
