About the book: 1999 / The novel “The Sacred Night" by Tahar Bendjelloun became an event in literary life in the late 80s and received the Prix Goncourt (1987). On the twenty-seventh night of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the mercy of the Almighty, who determines the fate of a person and gives him hope, should descend on all believers. The heroine of the novel also learns about her fate..