For Bread Alone Format: Paperback

Mohamed Choukri

ISBN 10: 1846590108 / ISBN 13: 9781846590108

Published by Telegram Books, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: For Bread Alone Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Telegram Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846590108
• ISBN 13: 9781846590108
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“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.

About the Author

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.