Taos Amrouche

This essay focuses on identity and its chaotic construction in the characters of Taos Amrouche (1913-1976) in her trilogy "Moisson d'exil" (Harvest of Exile), which includes Jacinthe noire (JN, 1947), Rue des Tambourins (RT, 1960) and Solitude ma mère (SM, 1995). It seeks to understand the origin of recurrent identity crises and their consequences on the lives of the protagonists of the three parts. Most of the characters are real and correspond to the author's family members and friends. Fragmented, the identity of the narrators is presented as a puzzle whose reconstruction reveals a complex form, that of Taos Amrouche, who assumes her diversity, claims it, and gives it meaning, making of the multitude of contributions that stir within her, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes modulating and then interfering to give rise to constantly changing motifs, a poetry in prose and an enchanting musical composition.