A Girl Called Eel
$24.26
- Paperback
271 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2019
Summary
“It is rare to say about a book that you have never read anything like it, and this is one such case.” - Elle
“A pure diamond, a magnificent event. A mind-blowing debut novel.” - Le Point
Eel is a 17-year-old girl who leaves her rock on the archipelago of Comoros to lose herself at sea. She drifts between two states of mind and between two islands ‘in a hollow maze’, evoking her memories so as to forget nothing and so as to delay the inevitable outcome.
Confronted with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909762817 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1909762814 |
| Author: | Ali Zamir, Aneesa Abbas Higgins |
| Publisher: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Imprint: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 271 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Jacaranda |
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Critics Review
“It is rare to say about a book that you have never read anything like it, and this is one such case.” - Elle
“A pure diamond, a magnificent event. A mind-blowing debut novel.” - Le Point
About The Author
Ali Zamir
Ali Zamir was born on Anjouan in the Comoros. He studied French Literature at the University of Cairo and attained his Master’s degree from there in 2010. He has since returned to Anjouan where he has been the Director of Culture and Cooperative Activities for the island since 2014. First published in French as Anguille sous roche by Le Tripode in 2016, A Girl Called Eel is his first novel.
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