by Amin Zaoui · El Cobre Ediciones S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496095083
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«La sumisión» is the novel by Amin Zaoui, published by El Cobre Ediciones in paperback (112 pages, in Spanish).
The story takes place in the stifling interior of a family of uncertain lineage and addresses the violence and weight of submission that women have endured. Through the daily tension of the domestic sphere, the novel explores power relations and the forms of oppression that shape the characters' lives.
Translation by Núria Viver Barri from the French original, La soumission. Belongs to the La diversidad collection (no. 15).
For readers of contemporary francophone literature seeking stories about identity and social resistance.
Amin Zaoui is an Algerian novelist. He was born in Bab el Assa in Tlemcen province and studied at the University of Oran, obtaining a PhD in comparative literature. He moved to France during the Algerian civil war, but returned home in 1999. He has served as the Director General of the National Library of Algeria, and currently teaches comparative literature at the Central Algerian University.
