by Najat El Hachmi · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423353378
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«Madre de leche y miel» is the contemporary novel by Najat El Hachmi, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Fátima, a Muslim woman from the Rif who, already adult and married, emigrates with her daughter to Catalonia after leaving behind her village and family. The story, structured as an oral confession to her seven sisters, shows the mismatch between her beliefs and the new environment, and her effort to give her daughter a future.
The novel belongs to the Áncora & Delfín collection of Ediciones Destino and includes a translation by Rosa Maria Prats.
For readers of contemporary fiction and narratives about migration, cultural identity, and family life.
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.
