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Ibn
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Issa is six years old when his father dies and is buried in his homeland, where he is called ibn el marhoum, the son of the dead. He is fifteen when he finds his mother, lifeless, on her prayer rug in their apartment in Montreuil. When he realizes she will not wake up, he vows that this time, no one will take his parent's body from him. Now a son of no one, Ibn will defy the law and morality and decide to hide her death from everyone in order to watch over his mother and bury her alone. He has three days to grow up and come to embody the meaning of his name, Issa, the one everyone hopes for. In this novelistic retelling of the Antigone myth, Asya Djoulait stages a triple confrontation: that of a son facing his mother, of an orphan facing God, and of a young Muslim man facing the world that awaits him. With strength and authenticity, she offers Its hero has a voice and a destiny that bear witness to a certain kind of youth today. A powerful and unforgettable novel
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