«Honey and Bitterness», a novel by acclaimed Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun (b. 1944). Translated by Antoine Sarkis from the French «Le miel et l'amertume». The story takes place in Tangiers at the beginning of the twenty first century...she was amoung his victims - he is a pervert who lures teenage girls by promising to publish their poems in his newspaper. She is a sixteen year old teenager. A dark tragedy unfolds in this masterful storyteller's new novel.