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A POWERFUL AND TIMELY PLEA FOR TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING. This is Tahar Ben Jelloun's succinct explanation of the seductions and dangers of terrorism in the modern world.

Available in English for the first time, About My Mother is an evocative portrait of a woman and a world left behind, exploring themes of love, loss, family and illness, as well as the reliability of memory and the subjugation of women.

A Moroccan who emigrated to France in 1971, Tahar Ben Jelloun draws upon his own encounters with racism along with his insights as a practicing psychologist and gifted novelist to elucidate the racial divisions that plague contemporary society.

'a sad and splendid book' New York Times Book Review