by Leïla Slimani · Angle Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9791387853013
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M'emportaré el foc is a novel by Leïla Slimani that completes a masterful triptych. The story follows Mia and Inès, the third generation of the Belhaj family, born in Morocco in the eighties. In a country divided between the desire for modernity and the fear of losing its idiosyncrasy, the two sisters struggle to find their place, driven by a desire for freedom rooted in the women of their family: grandmother Mathilde, mother Aïcha and aunt Selma. Mia leaves for Paris in search of that freedom, taking with her the fire, loneliness and writing. This novel offers a family and social portrait of Morocco and France, being a political and emotional manifesto by Leïla Slimani.
Leïla Slimani is a French-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In 2016, she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.
