by Najat El Hachmi · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499304960
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«L'últim patriarca» is a contemporary novel by Najat El Hachmi, published by labutxaca in paperback (334 pages, in Catalan).
The plot follows Mimoun Driouch and his daughter: born to fulfil the role patriarchy assigns them, she tries to understand why her father becomes authoritarian and despotic and seeks to free herself from that weight. A family story of misunderstandings and rebellion against an ancestral order.
Winner of the Premi Ramon Llull 2008 and the Prix Ulysse, this edition was published in 2015 within the LB Campanyes collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in family stories with a gender perspective.
Najat El Hachmi is a Moroccan-Spanish writer based in Catalonia. She holds a degree in Arabic Studies from the University of Barcelona. She is the author of a personal essay on her bicultural identity, and three previous novels, the first of which earned her the 2008 Ramon Llull Prize, the 2009 Prix Ulysse, and was a finalist for the 2009 Prix Méditerranée Étranger.
