Leïla Slimani Books

Watch us Dance combines the youth, vibrancy and allure of Andre Aciman with the historical fiction force of Maggie Shipstead, and the exquisite sense of place and time of The Lost Daughter.

Leïla Slimani gives voice to Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that at once condemns and commodifies sex. Sex and Lies is an essential encounter with Morocco's sexual hypocrisy and a vibrant appeal for the universal freedom to be, to love and to desire.

From the internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele comes a stunning work of non-fiction on art, life and the craft of writing

As she stands at the window, the spring sunshine streaming in, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her: it's April 1968 and Morocco is changing. Looking out at her garden, the roses - brought in from Marrakech - have bloomed and their sweet, fresh scent pervades the garden.

Bringing together 28 acclaimed women writers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from across Europe, this powerful and timely anthology looks at an ever-changing Europe from a variety of perspectives and offers hope and insight into how we might begin to rebuild.

Where she she once danced, bickered with her sister, her life is now that of a farmer's wife - with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm, by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner and by the lack of money Mathilde grows restless.

*Soon to be an HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Maya Erskine* She has the keys to their apartment. She knows everything. She has embedded herself so deeply in their lives that it now seems impossible to remove her. One of the 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR of The New York Times Book Review, by the author of Adèle, Sex and Lies, In the Country of Others, and Watch Us Dance “A great novel . . . Incredibly engaging and disturbing . . . Slimani has us in her thrall.” —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger “One of the most important books of the year. You can’t unread it.” —Barrie Hardymon, NPR’s Weekend Edition When Myriam decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their son and daughter. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family’s chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, motherhood, and madness—and the American debut of an immensely talented writer.

From the bestselling author of Lullaby. Her obsessions devour her. She is helpless to stop them... Adele has a seemingly enviable life. She is a respected journalist, living in a flawless Paris apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', Adele is bored. She begins to orchestrate her life around one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until her compulsions threaten to consume her altogether.

Auf einer Lesereise in Marokko trifft Leïla Slimani auf Nour, eine junge Leserin, die ohne Tabus über ihre Sexualität und die intimen Tragödien vieler Frauen aus ihrem Bekanntenkreis erzählt. Ausgehend von dieser bewegenden Begegnung beschließt Slimani, sich eingehender mit diesem Thema zu befassen. Sie trifft sich mit einer Reihe verschiedener Frauen und entdeckt durch deren persönliche Geschichten das Drama einer patriarchalen Gesellschaft, die das Verlangen nach Freiheit und Gleichberechtigung unterdrückt. Diese Graphic Novel schildert eindrücklich die komplexe Realität eines Landes, in dem der Islam die Staatsreligion ist, und dokumentiert den Kampf der Frauen für ihre Rechte.

La vie sexuelle au Maroc. Sexe et mensonges, c’est la parole, forte et sincère, d’une jeunesse marocaine bâillonnée dans un monde arabe où le sexe se consomme pourtant comme une marchandise. Les femmes que Leïla Slimani a rencontrées lui ont confié sans fard ni tabou leur vie sexuelle, entre soumission et transgression. Car, au Maroc, la loi punit et proscrit toute forme de relations sexuelles hors mariage, tout comme l’homosexualité et la prostitution. Dans cette société fondée sur l’hypocrisie, la jeune fille et la femme n’ont qu’une alternative : vierge ou épouse. Sexe et mensonges est une confrontation essentielle avec les démons intimes du Maroc et un appel vibrant à la liberté universelle d’être, d’aimer et de désirer.