Nadia

Synopsis of Nadia

«Nadia» is the contemporary fiction novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun, published by Bompiani in 1998 in paperback (109 pages, in Italian).

Nadia, a cultured and intelligent young Maghrebi woman, believes in humanity and justice and wants to shake the resignation of the humiliated and offended she encounters on her way. In her struggle against selfishness, prejudice, corruption and ignorance, she pours hopes, energy, rage, pride and despair, without forgetting love.

Italian translation by Egi Volterrani; belongs to the I grandi tascabili collection from Bompiani. Work originally published in French as «Les Raisins de la galère».

For readers interested in the lives of Maghrebi immigrants in the outskirts of Paris and in contemporary social-issue fiction.