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The Sand Child (l'Enfant de sable) is a 1985 novel by Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun. First published in France, the novel's message expresses on multiple levels ideas about the post-colonial condition of Morocco while also emphasising themes relating to the construction of individual identities.
1 de ene. de 2001 · The Sand Child tells the story of a Moroccan father's effort to thwart the consequences of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring. Already the father of seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed determines that his eighth child will be a male.
Tahar Ben Jelloun’s 1985 novel The Sand Child highlights struggles with gender identity and obfuscation in traditional patriarchal Moroccan society while also portraying the impacts of colonialism and postcolonialism in Morocco.
The Sand Child tells the story of a Moroccan father's effort to thwart the consequences of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring. Already the...
In this lyrical, hallucinatory novel set in Morocco, Tahar Ben Jelloun offers an imaginative and radical critique of contemporary Arab social customs and Islamic law. The Sand Child tells the story of a Moroccan father's effort to thwart the consequences of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring.
The Sand Child. Tahar Ben Jelloun. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 - Fiction - 165 pages. Determined to have a son after seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed names his eighth child Mohammed Ahmed, but as...
1 de ago. de 2000 · The Sand Child tells the story of a Moroccan father's effort to thwart the consequences of Islam's inheritance laws regarding female offspring. Already the father of seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed determines that his eighth child will be a male.
