La straniera di Younis Tawfik: un dialogo tra due culture

Abstract

In 1999 the Iraqi migrant writer Younis Tawfik was awarded several literary prizes for his novel La straniera, written in Italian and published by Bompiani. In this essay I will discuss some aspects of the novel that might have contribuited to its success. After a short presentation of the author and of the content of the novel, I will analyse La straniera, in order to show the novelty of its structure. Furthermore, I will expalin how this hybrid work reveals the double culture of the author from a literary and linguistic point of view. I will also consider how the author contributed to the current debate on migration, by examining his treatment of some themes related to this phenomenon.