Book
Watch us dance / Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593493304 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiii, 322 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 2023.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in French as Regardez-nous danser by Éditions Gallimard, Paris. |
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| Subject: | Slimani, Leïla, 1981- > Family > Fiction. Siblings > Fiction. Women immigrants > Morocco > Fiction. Meknès (Morocco : Province) > Fiction. Morocco > History > 1956- > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Slima | 31681010328714 | FICTION | Available | - |
Leila Slimani is the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny, one of The New York Times Book Reviewâs 10 Best Books of 2018, for which she became the first Moroccan woman to win Franceâs most prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt. Her other books include Adèle, Sex and Lies, and the #1 international bestsellers In the Country of Others and Watch Us Dance, which are the first and second parts of a trilogy of novels based on her familyâs roots in revolutionary Morocco. Slimani is French president Emmanuel Macronâs personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture, and is the chair of the jury for the 2023 International Booker Prize. She was ranked #2 on Vanity Fair Franceâs annual list of the Fifty Most Influential French People in the World. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she divides her time between France and Portugal.
Sam Taylor is the award-winning translator of more than sixty books from French, including all of Leila Slimaniâs fiction.
