A Moroccan brother and sister are making new lives for themselves in Spain. Azel is a young man in Tangier who dreams of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. When he meets Miguel, a wealthy Spaniard, he leaves behind his girlfriend, his sister, Kenza, and his mother, and moves with him to Barcelona, where Kenza eventually joins them. Of the thirty books Tahar Ben Jelloun has written, this is undoubtedly one of the most courageous