by Azouz Begag · Le Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020800334
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«Béni ou le paradis privé» is the novel by Azouz Begag, published by Le Seuil in paperback (172 pages, in French).
Béni, a young Frenchman of Algerian origin, grows up in 1970s France amid the paternalism of his teachers and the dismissive treatment of the police. He adopts a name that does not betray his Arab origin and responds with humour to the prejudices of a society that sees him as a foreigner, turning pent-up rage into overflowing vitality.
Originally published in 1989, this work carries the subtitle «roman» and belongs to the Points collection (number 1321).
For readers of contemporary French fiction interested in identity, integration and everyday racism.
Azouz Begag is a French writer, politician and researcher in economics and sociology at the CNRS. He was the delegate minister for equal opportunities of France in the government of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin till 5 April 2007. He resigned to support the moderate centrist candidate François Bayrou, one of the two UMP ministers to do so.
