Lit in Translation

Men Don't Cry

Un homme, ça ne pleure pas

Faïza Guène (born 1985)

Translated by Sarah Ardizzone

English editions

In English

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Mourad, a young man from Nice whose parents came from Algeria, is determined to shape his life on his own terms and terrified of ending up a fat, greying bachelor kept by his mother, but breaking away means confronting everything his family expects of him.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
314 pages in the original
Genres
Family, Migration (assigned by AI)
Set in
France
First published
2014 by Fayard
Author's age
29 when first published
ISBN

9782213655147 (original)

9781911115694 (Cassava Republic Press, United Kingdom)