Straight from the horse's mouth

Author

Meryem Alaoui

Call Number

• FICTION ALAO (CEN)

Publication Information

New York : Other Press, [2020]

Physical Description

291 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

"Jmiaa, a prostitute in Casablanca, lives alone with her daughter. A woman of strong character and quick wit, she doesn't hold back when describing the world around her: her lover Chaïba, a crude, wordless brute, or Halima, her depressed fellow prostitute who reads the Qur'an between clients, or Mouy, her mother with implacable moral standards who seems completely ignorant of her daughter's work. Then along comes a young woman, Chadlia--dubbed 'Horse Mouth' by Jmiaa--who wants to make her first film about the life of this Casa neighborhood. She's looking for an actress."--

Notes

"Originally published in French as La vérité sort de la bouche du cheval in 2018 by Éditions Gallimard, Paris." -- title page verso.