by Najat El Hachmi · Columna CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466404242
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«Jo també sóc catalana» is the novel by Najat El Hachmi, published by Columna CAT in paperback (200 pages, in Catalan).
Prompted by her son's question, Najat El Hachmi reflects on her own experience as an immigrant: she arrived in Catalonia from Morocco at age eight and here addresses issues such as language, identity, religion and the role of women, as well as the sense of loss regarding Morocco and of belonging to Catalonia.
Debut work by Najat El Hachmi, published in 2004 in the Clàssica collection of Columna (no. 616).
A read for anyone wanting to understand migration experiences and debates on identity and belonging in today's Catalonia.
Najat El Hachmi is a Moroccan-Spanish writer based in Catalonia. She holds a degree in Arabic Studies from the University of Barcelona. She is the author of a personal essay on her bicultural identity, and three previous novels, the first of which earned her the 2008 Ramon Llull Prize, the 2009 Prix Ulysse, and was a finalist for the 2009 Prix Méditerranée Étranger.
