This Blinding Absence of Light

This Blinding Absence of Light

2001 French edition
Author	Tahar Ben Jelloun
Original title	Cette aveuglante absence de lumière
Translator	Linda Coverdale
Language	French
Publisher	Éditions du Seuil
Publication date	2001
Publication place	France
Published in English	2002
Pages	228
ISBN	2-02-041777-4

This Blinding Absence of Light (French: Cette aveuglante absence de lumière) is a 2001 novel by the Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, translated from French by Linda Coverdale. Its narrative is based on the testimony of a former inmate at Tazmamart, a Moroccan secret prison for political prisoners, with extremely harsh conditions.