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Focusing on the harrowing experiences of political prisoners in Morocco's desert concentration camps, the novel explores the theme of imagination as a response to inhumanity. Through collaboration with a survivor, the author employs simple language to convey profound truths about suffering and resilience. The narrative sheds light on the brutal realities faced by those imprisoned for decades, ultimately delivering a powerful message about humanity's capacity for cruelty and the importance of memory and storytelling.
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This Blinding Absence of Light, Tahar Ben Jelloun
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- 2002
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- Title
- This Blinding Absence of Light
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tahar Ben Jelloun
- Publisher
- New Press
- Publisher
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 195
- ISBN13
- 9781565847231
- Category
- Fiction
- Description
- Focusing on the harrowing experiences of political prisoners in Morocco's desert concentration camps, the novel explores the theme of imagination as a response to inhumanity. Through collaboration with a survivor, the author employs simple language to convey profound truths about suffering and resilience. The narrative sheds light on the brutal realities faced by those imprisoned for decades, ultimately delivering a powerful message about humanity's capacity for cruelty and the importance of memory and storytelling.