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- Author
- Leïla Slimani
- Narrator
- Lara Sawalha
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 30 May 2023
- Run Time
- 9 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'Engrossing.'
Mail on Sunday
'A powerful and compelling family saga.' CHRISTINE MANGAN
'Beautifully atmospheric.'
Financial Times
FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
LULLABY
Morocco, 1968. The air is electric. Anything feels possible, and Mathilde is determined to celebrate it. Doesn't she have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating her best years to the war and then to this farm?
Looking out at her elegant garden, Mathilde reflects on all she has achieved. Now in a newly independent country intoxicated by its own sense of freedom, she yearns for a radiant future.
But her babies are now grown up, and Mathilde is about to learn that life can take wild and unexpected turns.
Acclaim for
The Country of Others:
'A panoramic, ambitious tale.'
The Times
'Exceptional.'
SALMAN RUSHDIE
'Captivating.'
Elle
' I loved it and didn't want it to end.'
CLAIRE MESSUD
'As wild and lush as a wildflower meadow.'
Observer
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Details
- Author
- Leïla Slimani
- Narrator
- Lara Sawalha
- Duration
- 9 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 May 2023
- ISBN
- 9780571376100
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction
Synopsis
'Engrossing.' Mail on Sunday 'A powerful and compelling family saga.' CHRISTINE MANGAN 'Beautifully atmospheric.' Financial Times FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LULLABY Morocco, 1968. The air is electric. Anything feels possible, and Mathilde is determined to celebrate it. Doesn't she have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating her best years to the war and then to this farm? Looking out at her elegant garden, Mathilde reflects on all she has achieved. Now in a newly independent country intoxicated by its own sense of freedom, she yearns for a radiant future. But her babies are now grown up, and Mathilde is about to learn that life can take wild and unexpected turns. Acclaim for The Country of Others: 'A panoramic, ambitious tale.' The Times 'Exceptional.' SALMAN RUSHDIE 'Captivating.' Elle ' I loved it and didn't want it to end.' CLAIRE MESSUD 'As wild and lush as a wildflower meadow.' Observer
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