sand creatures - Tahar Ben Jelloun
In a country with no age, which is also the Morocco of today, born after seven sisters Mohamed Ahmed. Born female, but because of his father, who does not want to waste the wealth accumulated, the male will grow in spite of his body, and will hold the house and the servants, being recognized by all as the new head of household. The novel is the story of an identity invented a forced metamorphosis, of anxieties, obsessions, and the violence of the paradoxes associated with it. It is also a window on the Arab world, its traditions and its taboos, still find it hard to understand.
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