Silence on the Shores

by Leïla Sebbar

Silence on the Shores depicts the final day in the life of a Maghrebian immigrant in France. Having crossed the Mediterranean to "the other shore" as a young man to find work, he ultimately remained in France, married a French woman, and broke the promise he made to his mother to return home one day. Aware that death is drawing close, he fears experiencing the ultimate form of exile: dying alone, with no fellow Muslim at his side to whisper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803292767
• ISBN13: 9780803292765
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"