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Ryad Assani-Razaki

Born 1981 · Benin, Canada

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Books on prize lists

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    Governor General's (French) 2012 · Finalist

    La main d'Iman

    Ryad Assani-Razaki · 30 when first published

    Novel · 324 pages · Migration

    AI-generated summary:In a big city in sub-Saharan Africa, little Toumani is sold by his father to a cruel master who leaves him for dead in a sewer; he is taken in by Iman, a mixed-race boy rejected by his mother, who dreams only of leaving for Europe.