The Narrative Mediterranean: Beyond France and the Maghreb

I. Humanism and History: 1. A humanism of the sun: Albert Camus between nature and politics; 2. Of chronological others and alternative histories: Amin Maalouf and Fawzi Mellah

II. Beyond the Binary: 3. Nina Bouraoui: on gender; Shifting geographies: Tahar Ben Jelloun's Neapolitan Baroque

III. Crossing the Straits and Moving the Center: 5. (E)migration, imagination and dissonance: Mahi Binebine and Tahar Ben Jelloun between straits; 6. Addio Farança: into the twenty-first century with Abdelmalek Smari, Mohsen Melliti, and Amara Lakhous

Conclusion: Reflections on a future.