{"product_id":"mazaltob-by-blanche-bendahan-9781684582051","title":"Mazaltob","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA first-ever English translation of a compelling work by a forerunner of modern Sephardi feminist literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century, sixteen-year-old Mazaltob finds herself betrothed to José, an uncouth man from her own community who has returned from Argentina to take a wife. Mazaltob, however, is in love with Jean, who is French, half-Jewish, and a free spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic of North African Jewish fiction, Blanche Bendahan evokes the two compelling forces tearing Mazaltob apart in her body and soul: her loyalty to the Judería and her powerful desire to follow her own voice and find true love. Bendahan's nuanced and moving novel is a masterly exploration of the language, religion, and quotidian customs constraining North African Jewish women on the cusp of emancipation and decolonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYaëlle Azagury and Frances Malino provide the first English translation of this modern coming-of-age tale, awarded a prize by the Académie Française in 1930, and analyse the ways in which \u003cem\u003eMazaltob\u003c\/em\u003e, with its disconcerting blend of ethnographic details and modernist experimentation, is the first of its genre—that of the feminist Sephardi novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA historical introduction, a literary analysis, and annotations elucidate historical and cultural terms for readers, supplementing the author's original notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461169987820,"sku":"9781684582051","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781684582051-mazaltob.jpg?v=1774960615","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/mazaltob-by-blanche-bendahan-9781684582051","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}