by Andrée Chedid · Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782081249738
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«Le Sixième Jour» is the novel by Andrée Chedid, published by Flammarion in paperback (179 pages, in French).
In Cairo in 1948, cholera leads the authorities to forcibly isolate the sick. The elderly Saddika refuses to let her grandson Hassan be separated from her and sets out on a journey to Alexandria so the boy can see the sea. According to the saying, on the sixth day one dies or is resurrected; time must be gained. The grandmother defies everything to save him.
It belongs to Flammarion's Étonnants Classiques collection, with complete text and a dossier on the figure of the foreigner and the film adaptation by Youssef Chahine. It was originally published in 1976.
A school support edition designed for secondary school students who want to discover a classic of French literature in the original version.
Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Lebanese and Syrian descent. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards and was made a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009.
