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Watch Us Dance : A Novel by Leila Slimani (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-10059349332X

ISBN-139780593493328

eBay Product ID (ePID)12066151306

Product Key Features

Original LanguageFrench

Book TitleWatch Us Dance : a Novel

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicContemporary Women, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorLeila Slimani

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"A rich family saga . . . [written with] voluptuous lyricism and emotional precision . . . Ambitious . . . Kaleidoscopic . . . Compelling." -- The Washington Post "It is no small feat to render a place and time as vividly as Slimani does in Watch Us Dance." -- The Cut "Explores identity, rebellion, race and family dynamics in rich, irresistible prose." -- Ms. magazine "There are several [books on my nightstand] right now, but only one that I can't put down, and that is Watch Us Dance by Leila Slimani. . . . It's terrific." -- Claudine Gay, Harvard University "Engrossing . . . Quietly devastating . . . [Slimani] has the novelist's rare skill of being able to nail a life in a single observation. . . . A novel that glides along with swan-like grace." -- The Sunday Times (U.K.) "[A] rich account of how a family's life entwines with history . . . Sprawling, enjoyable . . . Enlivened with richly descriptive writing that never romanticizes its subject matter." -- The Telegraph "Convincing and enveloping . . . Expansive and intimate . . . [with] enthralling passages of lush description . . . expert precision and perceptiveness . . . and vivid, colorful brushstrokes . . . Slimani's writing is beautifully atmospheric and has a panoramic, classic quality." -- Financial Times "Engrossing . . . Watch Us Dance brings the complexity of the post-colonial period in Morocco vividly to life." -- Elle (U.K.) "One of Slimani's most ambitious [novels] yet . . . A story about rebellion and repression, belonging and appearance, love and its betrayal. It is infused with a raw earthiness." -- The Economist "Although Slimani's vibrant imagery evokes the sights, sounds, and smells of Morocco, the themes feel universal." -- The New Statesman "Adeptly paints a portrait of Morocco at a complicated moment in time." -- Town & Country "[A novel whose] themes emerge gracefully in Slimani's languid, atmospheric prose." -- Star Tribune "A super interesting book . . . A global literary thriller . . . It's page-turning, it's dishy, it's kind of sexy . . . From a fiction-reading perspective, this might be my number-one pick on this list [of candidates for the 'it' book of June]." -- Jeff O'Neal, First Edition: A Book Riot Podcast "A tense page-turner . . . complete with the realities of corruption, racism, influence, celebration, and American hippies practicing free love and drugs." -- Fathom "Heartfelt . . . A powerful portrait of a country and family in transition and characters bombarded by prejudice . . . Seamlessly shifts perspectives among the four family members, each perspective captivating in its own way." -- Shelf Awareness "Convincing and immersive . . . An accomplished portrait of a time and place . . . Slimani continues to prove herself a powerful writer." -- Publishers Weekly "An illuminating intergenerational drama . . . Paint[s] a comprehensive picture of a family and a country in the grips of an identity crisis." -- Kirkus Reviews

Synopsis"A rich family saga . . . [written with] voluptuous lyricism and emotional precision." -- The Washington Post The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others . It's the 1960s, and the air is electric. On the cusp of adulthood, two biracial siblings--one strong-willed and strait-laced, the other free-spirited and self-destructive--search for their place in a newly independent Morocco. But soon they find the ideals of their youth colliding with the realities of racism and corruption, as Moroccans once united against their colonizer make a grab for wealth and influence, and the national spirit of communal celebration gives way to elites telling everyone else to "watch us dance." Drawing on her family's inspiring story, Leila Slimani delivers a tense, provocative, page-turning novel about one family's, and one country's, coming of age in the face of the seductions of power and privilege.

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