{"product_id":"9781684582051","title":"Mazaltob : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA first-ever English translation of a compelling work by a forerunner of modern Sephardi feminist literature.    � Raised in the Juder�a or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century, sixteen-year-old Mazaltob finds herself betrothed to Jos�, 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. In 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 Juder�a 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. Ya�lle Azagury and Frances Malino provide the first English translation of this modern coming-of-age tale, awarded a prize by the Acad�mie Fran�aise in 1930, and analyze the ways in which Mazaltob, with its disconcerting blend of ethnographic details and modernist experimentation, is the first of its genre-that of the feminist Sephardi novel. A historical introduction, a literary analysis, and annotations elucidate historical and cultural terms for readers, supplementing the author's original notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45469656023261,"sku":"9781684582051","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781684582051.jpg?v=1720173340","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781684582051","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}