Leila Slimani's return to Morocco

The Three Cultures Foundation, together with the Institut Français of Seville and the publisher Cabaret Voltaire, has organised the presentation of the book 'The Country of Others' (Cabaret Voltaire, 2021), the latest book by one of the most outstanding authors of contemporary French literature, Leila Slimani, on May 6 at 19:00. She will be accompanied by La Razón journalist Marta Maldonado.

The writer of Moroccan origin who lives in France has raised issues such as feminism and the role of women in today's world in her works, whether by addressing the subject of female sexuality in her first novel,'In the Garden of the Ogre', questioning family and social structures in 'Chanson Douce (The Sweet Song), which won her the Goncourt Prize in 2016, or analysing taboos and inequalities between men and women in 'Sex and Lies. Sexual life in Morocco'.

In her latest novel, 'The country of others', Slimani begins a trilogy inspired by the history of her family, from the Morocco of the 1950s to the present day, in which the author explores colonialism, the sense of belonging to a place and the uprooting, strangeness and fascination with 'the others'.

There will be a book sale and book signing after the presentation. Invitations are sold out, but you can follow the event through the Youtube channel and the Facebook profile of the Three Cultures Foundation.