Marrakech, a city with story

This book offers three points of view on a "world city", Marrakech. First, through Mohamed Nedali's novel La Maison de Cicine, we attempt to grasp the city and its inhabitants by highlighting the relationships between the tenants of Dar Louriki. Canetti's travelogue, Les Voix de Marrakech, also offered a glimpse into the city of yesteryear. The strolls of Canetti's alter ego gave us an insight into the Arab and Jewish quarters of the time. Finally, Daniel Sibony's Marrakech le départ (Marrakech the Departure) also gave us an insight into both the city of today and that of yesteryear. The return of Sibony's alter ego, a Jew who lived in the city's Mellah, activates his memory to the point of reflecting on Jewish life and the reason for his departure...

Pages: 56, Paperback, Our Knowledge Publishing