MAROUANE BAKHTI
HOW TO LEAVE THE WORLD

Author: Marouane Bakhti
Published by Divided Publishing
English
112 pages
14 x 21.5 cm
Softcover
ISBN 978-1-7395161-3-0

Price: 82 lei
Everyone is asking about his identity. Gay? Muslim? French? Moroccan? Instead of choosing a side, he writes a book. A book about the forest and the city, Paris and Tangiers, shame and forgiveness, dating apps and spiritual discovery. A book about growing up as a diaspora kid in rural France, with desires that want to emerge at any cost. Told in mesmerising prose, How to Leave the World is a beautiful non-answer.

Shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses 2025

"A rare book that depicts the isolation and poetry of rural life."-Annie Ernaux