by Fouad Laroui · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266258685
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«Les tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi» is the novel by Fouad Laroui, published by Pocket in paperback (286 pages, in French).
Adam Sijilmassi, a business engineer, returns from Asia and decides to change his life. Adam travels to his village in Morocco, discovers his grandfather's library, and devotes himself to the literature and philosophy of Arab Andalusia. With irony, the novel weaves together Moroccan quotes and proverbs to question stereotypes and the clash between East and West.
The novel received the Grand prix Jean-Giono in 2014, the same year as the original publication. The Pocket edition is from 2016.
It is aimed at readers of contemporary fiction who want to explore identity, memory, and dialogue between cultures.
Fouad Laroui is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, where he studied engineering. After working shortly for the Office Cherifien des Phosphates company in Khouribga (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom where he spent several years in Cambridge and York. Later he obtained a PhD in economics and moved to Amsterdam where he started his career as a writer. He has published about twenty books between novels, collections of short stories and essays and two collections of poetry in Dutch. He has won several literary prizes, amongst which the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, the Prix Jean-Giono and the Grande Médaille de la littérature de l'Académie française.
