For bread alone
by Bowles, Paul
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation.
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- Full title :For bread alone / Mohamed Choukri ; translated and with and introduction by Paul Bowles.
Summary
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Telegram
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
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The Physical Object
- Description:213 p. ; : 20 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1846590108, 9781846590108
- oclc:on1291948669
- LC Classification:PJ7818.H6
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