A life full of holes /

A life full of holes / a novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and translated into English by Paul Bowles.

Charhadi's young narrator [Layachi] is a loner, always in dire poverty, and at turns a shepherd, a baker's helper, houseboy, a petty trafficker in kif, he is continually used, abused and cheated. Yet his optimism and faith in humanity is never dimmed despite betrayals, beatings and impriso...

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Main Author: Charhadi, Driss ben Hamed (Author)
Other Authors: Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 (Editor, Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York : Grove Press, ©1964.
Subjects:
Women > Morocco > 20th century > Fiction.
Oral tradition > Morocco > 20th century > Translations into English.
Women.
Gender identity.
Morocco > Social conditions > 20th century > Fiction.
Morocco > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.

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Call Number: PJ7818.H37 L4
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