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02343aam a22004098i 4500 001 B4544644047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201002011536 008 200113s2020 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020001340 020 $a 1892746794 020 $a 9781892746795 040 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-mr--- 050 00 $a PQ3989.3.A73515 $b V4713 2018 082 00 $a 843/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Alaoui, Meryem, $e author. 240 10 $a VeÌriteÌ sort de la bouche du cheval. $l English. 245 10 $a Straight from the horse's mouth : $b a novel / $c Meryem Alaoui ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan. 263 $a 2009. 264 1 $a New York : $b Other Press, $c 2020. 300 $a pages cm. 500 $a "Originally published in French as La veÌriteÌ sort de la bouche du cheval in 2018 by EÌditions Gallimard, Paris." 520 $a "This hilarious, colorful portrait of a prostitute navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a promising new literary voice. Jmiaa, a prostitute in Casablanca, lives alone with her daughter. A woman of strong character and quick wit, she doesn't hold back when describing the world around her: her lover ChaiÌba, a crude, wordless brute, or Halima, her depressed fellow prostitute who reads the Qur'an between clients, or Mouy, her mother with implacable moral standards who seems completely ignorant of her daughter's work. Then along comes a young woman, Chadlia--dubbed "Horse Mouth" by Jmiaa--who wants to make her first film about the life of this Casa neighborhood. She's looking for an actress... In this breakout debut novel, Meryem Alaoui gives us a vibrant picture of daily life in a working-class Morocco where everyone copes with difficulties through vitality and resourcefulness"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Prostitutes $z Casablanca $z Casablanca $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Casablanca (Morocco) $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Ramadan, Emma, $e translator. 941 $a 6 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201021903.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021351.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20210709010228.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210108011200.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202011831.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201002011919.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B4544644047611EB89AE83802EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search