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There the two carried out an attack. Without realising it, Soumia was an accomplice and given a prison sentence. She is now desperately trying to escape this past.  \nTough old Fleming Luc lost his wife Maria in the attack. Wallowing in bitterness and pain, he is unable to let go of the past and rails at ‘those bloody foreigners’ to anyone prepared to listen.  \nAit Hamou immediately pulls his readers in, and never lets go.  \nMAPPALIBRI  \nSoumia and Luc live in the same neighbourhood. When they meet by accident, they discover that their lives are more closely intertwined than they care to admit and they face some heart-rending decisions. He wants to know everything there is to know, aware that the truth will never be able to fill the bottomless void in his heart.  \nCan Luc forgive Soumia? Can Soumia understand that Luc blames her for the death of his wife, even though she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? But was she really?  \nIn this novel Ish Ait Hamou goes in search of what binds us together, our longing for forgiveness and acceptance and our ability to understand eachother in an increasingly polarised society.  \nChallenging and haunting. Ait Hamou is emerging as an important voice of his generation.  \nDE STANDAARD  \n| AUTHOR |\n| --- |\n| \u003Cbr>Ish Ait Hamou (b. 1987) is a Belgian novelist, screenwriter, and film director whose work bridges cultures and communities through powerful storytelling. He is the author of five novels and an essay, and made his feature film debut with 'BXL' -a critically acclaimed project that marked his transition from page to screen. His bestselling novel, He, She and the Inevitable Us, established him as one of Belgium’s most widely read authors, celebrated for a style that is both accessible and deeply\u003Cbr>resonant. Photo © Shed Mojahid |\n\nORIGINAL TITLE Het moois dat we delen (2019,  \nAngèle, 272 pp.)  \nCOPIES SOLD 105,000  \nPRIZES Badge of Honor from the Flemish government  \nRIGHTS SOLD French (Le lombard) TRANSLATION RIGHTS Marijke Nagtegaal[marijke@beerights.com](marijke@beerights.com)  \nTRANSLATION GRANTS Esther de Gries[esther@flandersliterature.be](esther@flandersliterature.be) , Yannick Geens[yannick@flandersliterature.be](yannick@flandersliterature.be)","cbCaidPABcGCLphS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidPABcGCLphS","pdf",323627,"English","# Is reconciliation possible after a terrorist attack?\n## Soumia’s past and escape\n## Luc’s grief, bitterness, and blame\n## Intertwined lives and hard decisions","[{\"question\":\"What causes Soumia to be sentenced after the attack?\",\"answer\":\"Soumia gave two old friends a lift to the bus station, where they carried out the attack. Without realizing it, she was treated as an accomplice and received a prison sentence.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Luc react to his wife’s death?\",\"answer\":\"Luc is consumed by bitterness and pain and rails at “those bloody foreigners” to anyone who will listen, unable to let go of the past.\"},{\"question\":\"What questions does the novel raise about their relationship?\",\"answer\":\"It asks whether Luc can forgive Soumia and whether Soumia can understand why Luc blames her for his wife’s death, even though she was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”\"}]","He, She, and the Inevitable Us | PDF",1789646574]