{"product_id":"the-pleasure-marriage-paperback","title":"The Pleasure Marriage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTahar Ben Jelloun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRita Nezami\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the epic story of a romance that explores desire and the intolerance for interracial marriage in Moroccan society. Amir is a prosperous merchant based in Fez, where he has a wife and four children. On one of his annual business trips to Senegal, he enters into a \"pleasure marriage\"--a temporary union permitted by Islamic law--with the alluring Nabou. Overcome by her passion and sensuality, he falls in love, with repercussions for three generations scarred by racism, immigration, and deportation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nabou returns to Fez as Amir's second wife, weathering the jealous cruelty of Lalla Fatma, his first partner. Isolated within her new home, Nabou gives birth to twin sons, one black and one white, who come of age on the opposite sides of racial, social, and political chasms and who chart vastly different courses. \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Ben Jelloun's mastery of metaphor and lyrical narrative as he continues to take us into the worlds of Moroccan culture through his exquisite language and literary genius. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTAHAR BEN JELLOUN \u003c\/b\u003eis an acclaimed Moroccan-born French novelist, poet, essayist, and intellectual. As a young man, Ben Jelloun spent time in a Moroccan army camp for taking part in a student demonstration. He sought exile in Paris in 1971 and has since become one of France's most celebrated authors, awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1987 for \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Night\u003c\/i\u003e and the International Impac Dublin Literary Award in 2004 for \u003ci\u003eThis Blinding Absence of Light\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e RITA S. NEZAMI \u003c\/b\u003eteaches in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University, where her teaching and research interests include the rhetorics of global issues, creative nonfiction, visual rhetoric, and postcolonial Anglophone and Francophone literatures. Northwestern University Press published her translation of Ben Jelloun's \u003ci\u003eBy Fire: Writings on the Arab Spring \u003c\/i\u003ein 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741493244125,"sku":"9780810143593","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/9LQmo1GkH_9780810143593.webp?v=1789883478","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-pleasure-marriage-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}