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This Blinding Absence of Light
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This Blinding Absence of Light

novel by Ben Jelloun
Also known as: “Cette aveuglante absence de lumiére”
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  • Tahar Ben Jelloun
    Tahar Ben Jelloun

    …aveuglante absence de lumière (2001; This Blinding Absence of Light), a harrowing account of the life of a Moroccan political prisoner that was partially inspired by Ben Jelloun’s own 18-month detainment in an army camp in the late 1960s, won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2004.

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    …aveuglante absence de lumière (2001; This Blinding Absence of Light), a harrowing account of the life of a Moroccan political prisoner that was partially inspired by Ben Jelloun’s own 18-month detainment in an army camp in the late 1960s, won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2004.

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