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Tahar ben jelloun has been living in paris for 35 years. Regularly shortlisted for the nobel prize, he has won the prix goncourt he was the first north african to win frances most prestigious literary prize and the international impac dublin literary award. Dec 28, 2016 all the books i manage to read in their entirety in 2016. The sacred night by tahar ben jelloun, paperback barnes.
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