Le rouge du tarbouche

Abdellah Taïa

In Paris, Abdellah, a young Moroccan student from Salé, pursues his studies of Literature. This city of lights that long fascinated him offers a new face, that of its hard daily reality. Surviving, finding a place without denying its roots, assuming its homosexuality, keeping a taste for life and becoming an adult are the difficult challenges for this young man who discovers all the facets of the land of his dreams, France.