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Ferrari's 'A Very Brief Theory of Hell' Examines Migrant Exploitation in Abu Dhabi
Jérôme Ferrari has published 'A Very Brief Theory of Hell,' the second installment of his trilogy 'Tales of the Native and the Traveler,' which explores otherness. The novel is set in Abu Dhabi and contrasts the condition of expatriates—air-conditioned luxury overlooking mangroves—with that of migrant workers subjected to unnamed servitude. The narrator, a young French teacher from Corsica, flees boredom and self-disgust. An attack in Algiers forces him to leave Algeria with his partner Nardjess and their daughter Afsaneh to move to the Emirates.