Love through La boîte à merveilles by Almed Sefrioui in French-language Maghreb literature

Abstract

French Maghreb literature offers Almed Sefrioui’s La boîte à merveilles to dissect the lexical field of love described by the author. He gives a picturesque view of popular life in the Maghreb in the aftermath of French colonization. French-language literature from the Maghreb is largely a dance of mortal desire in front of a mirror made by the West, often turned into a search for love and a desperate demand for recognition.