Siqal, l'antre de l'ogresse

When their father Si Ali feels his end approaching and goes on pilgrimage to Mecca, four sisters, Emna, Yasmine, Aziza and Leyla, stay behind in Chebika, a village of the Tunisian south. Their only protector is the dog Ghyath, on which he has set a magic seal. Soon the ogress Siqal comes prowling, hungry for the girls, and for all the dog's care the youngest, Leyla, is lost. The search for the monster's den becomes the frame for other stories, fitted one inside another, borrowed from the ogre stories of Tunisian folklore and from its djinns and sorcerers. Retold for adults, the old tales show their darker and crueller face.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

184 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Tunisia

First published

2023 by Déméter

ISBN

9789973706614 (original)