by Djaïli Amadou Amal · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290376973
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«Coeur du Sahel» is the novel by Djaïli Amadou Amal, published by J'ai lu in paperback (285 pages, in French).
In the far north of Cameroon, Faydé, a teenager beset by drought and the terror of Boko Haram, leaves her village to work as a domestic servant in Maroua. In the city she discovers the harshness of a life marked by class contempt and male violence, but also friendship, literature, and a glimpse of freedom.
The cover states that Djaïli Amadou Amal is the author of Les Impatientes, a novel that won the Goncourt des lycéens.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the social reality of the Sahel and in stories of women seeking their autonomy.
