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Mazaltob.
In her 1930 novel Mazaltob—recently translated into English—the French writer Blanche Bendahan tells the story of its title character, a beautiful and charming girl raised in the Sephardi community of Tetouan, Morocco. Reviewing the novel, Julia Kronberg praises the quality of the translation and explanatory materials, but questions the interpretations the translators provide.
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A Forgotten French Novel about Jewish North Africa, and a Questionable Interpretation
Mazaltob.