For Bread Alone
Autor Mohamed Choukri, Paul Bowlesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 iun 2006
“A true story of human desperation, shattering in its impact.”—Tennessee Williams
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed’s family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But his father is unable to find work and grows violent. Mohamed learns how to charm and steal. During a short spell in a filthy Moroccan jail, a fellow inmate kindles his life-altering love of poetry.
The distinguished writer Paul Bowles, perhaps best known for his novel The Sheltering Sky, collaborated closely with Mohamed Choukri on the translation of For Bread Alone, and penned the introduction.
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed’s family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But his father is unable to find work and grows violent. Mohamed learns how to charm and steal. During a short spell in a filthy Moroccan jail, a fellow inmate kindles his life-altering love of poetry.
The distinguished writer Paul Bowles, perhaps best known for his novel The Sheltering Sky, collaborated closely with Mohamed Choukri on the translation of For Bread Alone, and penned the introduction.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781846590108
ISBN-10: 1846590108
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 129 x 197 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:2nd Revised edition
Editura: SAQI BOOKS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1846590108
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 129 x 197 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:2nd Revised edition
Editura: SAQI BOOKS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003) is one of North Africa's most controversial and widely read authors. After a childhood of poverty and petty crime, Choukri learned how to read and write at the age of twenty. He then became a teacher and writer, finally being awarded the chair of Arabic Literature at Ibn Batuta College in Tangier. Paul Bowles is a distinguished writer and translator who is best known for his novel The Sheltering Sky.
Descriere
Choukri's book has become a classic of world literature.