L'ombre du poête

by Mahi Binebine

Sur le mont des Esclaves, deux adolescents rêvent ensemble. Tous deux pratiquent avec un même bonheur l’art de jouer avec les mots et leurs illusions, mais à l’heure des engagements de l’âge adulte, Yamou choisira la voie de la poésie et de la révolte, tandis que Nayel se laissera prendre au piège de ses mensonges et aux fastes du pouvoir. Mensonges en effet que l’histoire de son enfance et de sa mère transformée en servante, mensonges que son amitié pour le fils du Pacha ou que sa fuite pour Talouet...

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First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Mahi Binebine is a Moroccan painter and novelist born in Marrakech in 1959. Binebine has written six novels which have been translated into various languages.

Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved in Paris in 1980 to continue his studies in mathematics, which he taught for eight years. He then devoted himself to writing and painting. He wrote several novels, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He emigrated to New York from 1994 to 1999. His paintings are part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He returned to Marrakech in 2002 where he currently lives and works.