The Country of Others
Collection Blanche cover (first edition)
AuthorLeïla Slimani
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Gallimard
Publication date
5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)
Pages368
ISBN978-2-07-288799-4
OCLC1199299619

The Country of Others (French: Le Pays des Autres; published as In the Country of Others in the United States) is a 2020 novel by Leïla Slimani.

Plot

Production

The Country of Others is Slimani's third novel and the first in a planned trilogy based on her family history.[1] It is Slimani's first historical novel.[2]

Slimani said that after her second novel Lullaby won the Prix Goncourt in 2016 she wanted to "write something that was difficult because as an artist who had some congratulations, it’s important to do something where there is the possibility of failing".[3]

Faber and Faber acquired publishing rights in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, excluding Canada, from Éditions Gallimard in March 2021.[4]

Reception

Tessa Hadley the novel as "uncannily good at searching out the uncomfortable pressure points where class hurts and privilege excludes and crucifies".[5] Jonathan Myerson noted that "incidents are included even though they seem to have no pay-off".[6] The Times's John Phipps called the novel a "panoramic, ambitious tale".[7] Houman Barekat criticised Slimani's "impassive prose style" as "dreary", and "conspicuously over-reliant on certain go-to words".[8] Meena Kandasamy characterised the work as "a novel about sex and power".[9]

The novel was longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Willsher, Kim (16 February 2020). "Leïla Slimani: 'This book is a mirror to make the elite look reality in the face'". The Observer. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Lehnen, Christine (5 August 2021). "A French immigrant in Morocco: Leila Slimani's new book". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Thomas-Corr, Johanna (24 July 2021). "Leïla Slimani: 'I think I'm always writing about women, domination, violence'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (17 March 2021). "Faber signs 'exquisite' novel from Leïla Slimani". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Hadley, Tessa (28 July 2021). "The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani review – a compelling exploration of the past". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Myerson, Jonathan (8 August 2021). "The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani review – between Maroc and a hard place". The Observer. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Phipps, John (24 July 2021). "The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani review — a big leap forward for the author". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Barekat, Houman (29 July 2021). "The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani — anatomy of shame". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Kandasamy, Meena (10 August 2021). "Leïla Slimani Tells the Story of Her Interracial Grandparents in Post-WWII Morocco". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "2022 Winners". American Library Association. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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