num_pages: 184
description: Secret identities criminal conspiracies and forbidden love converge in this whimsical and at times heartbreaking look at the Muslim communities of Rome ( The New York Times ).The Italian secret service believes that a group of Muslim immigrants is planning a terrorist attack. Christian Mazzari a young Sicilian translator who speaks perfect Arabic goes undercover in Romes Egyptian neighborhood Viale Marconi to infiltrate the group. Posing as a recently arrived Tunisian in search of a job and a place to sleep Christian soon meets Sofia a young Egyptian immigrant whose arranged marriage is anything but fulfilling. While Christian attempts in vain to uncover terrorist activity Sofia is on another kind of secret missionin defiance of a husband who forbids her to work.In alternating voices Algerian-born Italian author Amara Lakhous examines the commonplaces and stereotypes of life in modern multicultural Italy. Divorce Islamic Style mixes the rational and the absurd as it depicts the conflicts and contradictions of today's globalized world.
language: English
title: Divorce Islamic Style
publisher: Europa Editions