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Into the Kingdom of Mount Lebanon

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In our literature review, Clément Massé tells us about Hoda Barakat's new novel, "The Kingdom of the Earth". The Lebanese writer tells the life of a small Maronite community in Mount Lebanon at the beginning fo the 20th century until the 1975-1990 civil war. We also take a look at Abdellah Taïa's new novel "Unfaithful" (Infidèles), in which the author once again makes a brilliant attempt at challenging taboos in Moroccan society.

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