Una absència enlluernadora de llum

Synopsis of Una absència enlluernadora de llum

«Una absència enlluernadora de llum» is the literary novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).

After believing in the revolution and joining the Sahrawi army, a Moroccan is imprisoned with other prisoners in extreme conditions. Ben Jelloun narrates the desperation, anguish and confrontation with madness of the defeated who survive buried alive, with flashes of love and hope.

Translated from French by Anna Casasas Figueras, with original title «Cette aveuglante absence de lumière». Won the Dublin Literary Award (2004); Empúries Narrativa collection.

For readers of literary and historical fiction, with an interest in Morocco and in stories of those who survive confinement.