| The Punishment Ben Jelloun Tahar : Tahar Ben Jelloun is an acclaimed Moroccan-born French novelist, poet, and essayist. His many works include Racism Explained to My Daughter , The Sand Child , and the IMPAC Award-winning This Blinding Absence of Light , also translated by Linda Coverdale. Linda Coverdale is an award-winning translator who has translated over seventy-five books. |