In the canon of North African literature, Moroccan author Driss Chraibi's 1954 novel The Simple Past (Le Passe simple), looms large. A coming-of-age story, a social meditation, and a sober gaze into the dark maw of French colonialism, ________ interrogates systemic power with memorable intensity.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A:
Morocco gained its independence two years before the publication of Chraibi's debut novel, which
B:
Chraibi's debut novel, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,
C:
Chraibi wrote a debut novel that, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,
D:
published two years before Morocco gained its independence, Chraibi wrote a debut novel that
