by Nina Bouraoui · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782709650557
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«Otages» is the novel by Nina Bouraoui, published by JC Lattès in paperback (170 pages, in French).
Sylvie Meyer, 53, mother of two, works at Cagex, a rubber company. After separating, she leads a discreet, submissive life until one November morning injustice and loneliness push her to an act of rebellion. During that outburst she feels alive and is reborn: portrait of an ordinary woman seeking freedom and peace.
Winner of the 2020 Anaïs Nin Prize, this work was published on January 2, 2020; the cover reads «roman».
For readers of contemporary French literary fiction who enjoy portraits of female characters and social conflicts.
Yasmina "Nina" Bouraoui is a French novelist and songwriter born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine to an Algerian father from the town of Jijel and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of her life in Algiers, then Zürich and Abu Dhabi. She now lives in Paris.
