by Carine Fernandez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782742743544
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«La servante abyssine» is the novel by Carine Fernandez, published by Actes Sud in paperback (180 pages, in French).
Zinesh flees war and misery in Ethiopia and becomes a servant in Saudi Arabia. After years of service in a hierarchical city, she goes to work for a melancholic, alcoholic Italian. He pines for Hind, a married Saudi woman; Zinesh tries to track her down by mobilizing the discreet network of domestic workers in Jeddah.
The cover bears the subtitle «roman»; the work was originally published in 2003 in the Aventure collection of Actes Sud.
For readers of fiction interested in migration, domestic service, and cultural clash between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.
