Tales of Tangier: The Complete Short Stories of Mohamed Choukri (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

ISBN: 0300251351

Author: Choukri, Mohamed

Condition: New

The complete short stories of acclaimed Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri, translated into English and collected in one volume for the first timeChoukri is one of Moroccos most revered figures. . . . To have his words translated is to have the privilege to view the inner world of his intellect and the obscured landscapes of Tangier.-Noshin Bokth, The New ArabMohamed Choukris vivid stories invite the reader to wander the streets of Tangier, the ancient coastal crossroads between Europe and Africa, and to meet its denizens at markets, beaches, cafés, and brothels. Choukris Tangier is a place where newborns are for sale, swindlers hawk the Prophets shoes, and boys collect trash to sell for food.Choukri says that writing is a protest, not a parade. And in these thirty-one stories he privileges the voices of those ignored by society: the abused, the abandoned, the addicted. The tales are at once vibrant local vignettes and profound reflections on the lives, sufferings, and hopes of Choukris fellow Tangerines.