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I'll Take the Fire

A Novel

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I'll Take the Fire

Von: Leila Slimani, Sam Taylor - translator
Gesprochen von: Lara Sawalha
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One of The New York Times’s “Novels Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026”

From one of the boldest and most captivating voices in world literature, a sensual and provocative coming-of-age novel about a young Arab woman on a quest for sexual and political freedom

“Propulsive and fearless . . . I won’t be surprised if this book finds readers for generations to come.” —Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies and The Radiance

“Leila Slimani is one of our best writers, a master stylist and an exquisite storyteller. I read anything she writes.” —Rabih Alameddine, National Book Award–winning author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)


Q: If your house was burning down, what would you take with you?
A: I’d take the fire.
--Jean Cocteau

Mia Daoud yearns to be free. Growing up in socially conservative Morocco, her imagination fired by her banker father’s charisma and political idealism, her doctor mother’s feminist example and social conscience, and the boundless possibilities suggested by her favorite authors, she learns to go after what she wants, even if it means jumping through fire to get it. Determined to be true to her sexuality and to differentiate herself from her adoring younger sister, she sets out in search of her place in the world, from Casablanca to Paris to London, and against the backdrop of era-defining events like the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11, guided by a preternatural sense of justice and an unerring instinct for what makes her feel most alive. Combining vigorous poetry and unflinching bravery, Leila Slimani’s autobiographical novel is a rousing ode to living a life of purpose and consequence.
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Kritikerstimmen

“Satisfying, life-affirming.” —Marie Claire (UK)

“A joyful celebration of family and home . . . All Slimani’s characters shine, but her women are especially radiant.” —Kirkus Reviews

“An elegantly told family saga and an absorbing bildungsroman . . . Slimani is an evocative, expressive writer; readers will be transported and invested.” —Booklist

“A fine standalone novel [in] an addictive family saga . . . [It] touches your heart.” —Country and Town House

“[Slimani’s] work is always ambitious—and inimitable.” —Elle

“Her characters are beautifully wrought in their complexity.” —The Irish News

“The title . . . is an excellent one: proud, dangerous, and faintly reckless. . . . I’ll Take the Fire closes the trilogy with intelligence and emotional seriousness.” —The Irish Independent

“For the half week I spent in its pages, this book set fire to my days. Propulsive and fearless, Leila Slimani’s novel renders coming of age—social, sexual, artistic—with uncommon command and passion. Slimani’s courage, her vulnerability, her virtuosity left me inspired. I won’t be surprised if this book finds readers for generations to come.” —Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies and The Radiance

“This beautiful novel tells us the story of a battle fought by an Arab girl to discover herself and liberate herself from tradition. Leila Slimani has succeeded in creating a wonderful world that we will never forget, and that will always inspire us.” —Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building

“Leila Slimani is one of our best writers, a master stylist and an exquisite storyteller. I read anything she writes.” —Rabih Alameddine, National Book Award–winning author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
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