Hot Maroc A Novel
With an infectious blend of humor, satire, and biting social commentary, Yassin Adnan gives readers a portrait of contemporary Morocco - and the c.. Lire la suite
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With an infectious blend of humor, satire, and biting
social commentary, Yassin Adnan gives readers a portrait of
contemporary Morocco - and the city of Marrakech - told through the eyes
of the hapless Rahhal Laâouina, a.k.a. the Squirrel. Painfully shy, not
that bright, and not all that popular, Rahhal somehow imagines himself a
hero. With a useless degree in ancient Arabic poetry, he finds his
calling in the online world, where he discovers email, YouTube,
Facebook, and the news site Hot Maroc. Enamored of the internet and the
thrill of anonymity it allows, Rahhal opens the Atlas Cubs Cyber Café,
where patrons mingle virtually with politicians, journalists, hackers,
and trolls. However, Rahhal soon finds himself mired in the dark side of
the online world - one of corruption, scandal, and deception.
Longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2017, Hot Maroc
is a vital portrait of the challenges Moroccans, young and old, face
today. Where press freedoms are tightly controlled by government
authorities, where the police spy on, intimidate, and detain citizens
with impunity, and where adherence to traditional cultural icons both
anchors and stifles creative production, the online world provides an
alternative for the young and voiceless. In this revolutionary novel
that recalls Junot Dìaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Dave Eggers's The Circle,
Adnan fixes his lens on young Rahhal and his contemporaries as they
navigate the perilous and changing landscape of the real and virtual
worlds they inhabit.
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