by Tahar Ben Jelloun · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020370578
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«L'Auberge des pauvres» is the novel by Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, published by Editions du Seuil in paperback (294 pages, in French).
A Moroccan academic, weary of his gray life and a worn-out marriage, is chosen by the city council of Naples to write a portrait of the city. On arrival he discovers a ruined building called L'Auberge des Pauvres, whose last resident, the Vieille, leads him into a labyrinth of picturesque and dazzling tales.
The original work dates from 1997; this French edition from Editions du Seuil dates from 1999. It was nominated for the Grinzane Cavour Prize 2000 in the Foreign Fiction category.
For readers with a command of French who enjoy novels with urban settings and stories within the story.
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