North Africa
Morocco
Contemporary
Arabic
Autobiography
A raw autobiographical account of childhood poverty, hunger, and survival in Tangier. Learning to read at 20, crime, drugs, and the streets. Translated by Paul Bowles, it became an international sensation and was banned in Morocco for decades.
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One of the most uncompromising memoirs in world literature; banned in Morocco until 2000
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editorial-summarynot primary textA raw autobiographical account of childhood poverty, hunger, and survival in Tangier. Learning to read at 20, crime, drugs, and the streets. Translated by Paul Bowles, it became an international sensation and was banned in Morocco for decades. One of the most uncompromising memoirs in world literature; banned in Morocco until 2000
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