Historical novel · available
Il vento non segue ordini
A city rises from exile. From the sea comes the power of a woman who refuses the fate written for her.
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Il ventonon segue ordini
Sayyida al-Hurra
One woman. A city born from exile. A Mediterranean where power is not granted: it is taken.
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Novels
Three stories of exile, belonging and power, between the memory of cities and the lives trying to inhabit them.
Le pareti sottili
Contemporary novel · work in progress
Le pareti sottili
A contemporary fiction project set in Marseille, currently under revision.
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Historical mystery · available in Italian
La città senza donne
Marrakech, 1906. Women begin to vanish as the city braces for a new crisis.
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I write about those who cross bordersand what remains.
Cities also remember what their inhabitants try to forget.
Amin Hammani is an Italian-Moroccan writer of historical and contemporary fiction, with a particular interest in belonging, memory, power and identity.
In his novels, history enters rooms, neighbourhoods and relationships. The past is not a backdrop: it is where people search for a language in which to name themselves.
His work grows from the meeting of Italian culture and Moroccan roots, moving continuously between languages and memories. Italian is the primary language of his fiction; French and English widen its conversation.
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Amin Hammani is an Italian-Moroccan writer of historical and contemporary fiction, with a particular interest in belonging, memory, power and identity. In his novels, history enters rooms, neighbourhoods and relationships. The past is not a backdrop: it is where people search for a language in which to name themselves.
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Published novels are issued by Orizzonti Magrebini Edizioni. For rights availability, publishing details and professional enquiries, contact the author directly.
- La città senza donne
- ISBN eBook 979-12-224-4224-2 · cartaceo 979-12-224-4373-7
- Il vento non segue ordini
- ISBN Cartaceo 979-12-247-1789-8
- Le pareti sottili
- Work in progress
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