FSL 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Prologue: Tutsi, Amin Maalouf, Hutu
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Compr hension crite et strat gies de lecture : contexte et r f rences: amin maalouf, amin maalouf moved from lebanon to france in 1976. He is on the border of two countries, two or three languages, and various cultural traditions. He argues that he would not be himself if one part of him were to be erased: le liban, les identit s meurti res begins with a bried history from the author. In it, we discover that the author, amin maalouf, is orginially from lebanon. He was born in lebanon and remained there until 27 years of age. Although this man has always lived in germany and reads and speaks the language, his adopted society does not accept him as being german. All the same, he is no longer accepted as a real turk, either: dumas, dickens, les voyages de gulliver, in, les identit s meurti res , readers discover that amin"s mother tongue is arabic.