Fatou Diome
Biography
Fatou Diome was born in Senegal in 1968 and raised by her grandmother. After various relocations due to her schooling, work and studies, she married a Frenchman at the age of 22 and followed him to Europe. Despite her divorce, she stayed in Strasbourg and obtained a doctorate in French language and literature from the university there.
She initially published several short stories. Her debut novel was published in 2003 The belly of the ocean, for which she won the LiBeraturpreis in 2005.
Unfortunately, all of Fatou Diome's books are currently out of stock.
Last Released
The Last Jew of Tamentit
Barkahoum and Abraham are a modern day Jewish-Muslim couple in the Algerian capital. In a pizzeria in Algiers' fashionable district, they tell each other stories, their history and that of their ancestors: Andalusia, North Africa – the expulsion. For centuries, Jews and Muslims lived peacefully side by side, shared common places, and maintained similar customs. Like a ring parable that raises the equality of all monotheistic religions to a principle, Zaoui, for whom the banishment of the body from public places and the feigned prudery in Muslim society are a thorn in the side, is circumcised according to Jewish-Muslim tradition Link of the unifying ring of the novel.
Translated from French byChristine Belakhdar
