Terre d'ombre brûlée

by Mahi Binebine

Un homme, seul sur un banc public, se laisse mourir sous la neige, laissant ses souvenirs l'envahir, entre grandes tristesses et petits bonheurs : son enfance marocaine, son arrivée en France, son isolement spirituel et physique dû à sa condition d'artiste peintre immigré, les rencontres qui ont jalonné sa vie. Petit à petit, son histoire prend un sens à mesure que la vie s'échappe.

183 pages, Paperback

First published January 7, 2004

About the author

Mahi Binebine is a Moroccan painter and novelist born in Marrakech in 1959. Binebine has written six novels which have been translated into various languages.

Born in 1959 in Marrakech, Mahi Binebine moved in Paris in 1980 to continue his studies in mathematics, which he taught for eight years. He then devoted himself to writing and painting. He wrote several novels, which have been translated into a dozen languages. He emigrated to New York from 1994 to 1999. His paintings are part of the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He returned to Marrakech in 2002 where he currently lives and works.