La Prière de l'absent

Synopsis of La Prière de l'absent

«La Prière de l'absent» is the novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun, published by Seuil in paperback (233 pages, in French).

A beggar and two vagabonds set out on foot towards southern Morocco to reach the tomb of a resistance hero. Between dream and reality, the narrative recovers the voice of the traditional storyteller and becomes a poetic meditation on memory and the condition of the dispossessed.

1997 edition belonging to the Points collection, number P376; the novel was originally published in 1981.

For readers of contemporary fiction interested in Maghrebi narrative and stories with a strong poetic and symbolic dimension.