For Bread Alone

By: Mohamed Choukri, Paul Bowles

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Paperback | 22 January 2006 | Edition Number 2

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169 Pages

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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 Mohamed?s siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. On moving to another province Mohamed learns how to charm and steal, and discovers the joys of drugs, sex and alcohol. Proud, insolent and afraid of no-one, he returns to Tangiers, where he is caught up in the violence of the 1952 independence riots. It is here, during a short spell in a filthy Moroccan jail, that a fellow inmate kindles Mohamed?s life-altering love of literature.

Industry Reviews

'The illiterate remembers everything. It seems almost a stroke of good luck that Choukri's encounter with the written word should have come so late. As a writer, he is in an enviable position, though he paid a high price for it in suffering.' Paul Bowles 'A true document of human desperation, shattering in its impact.' Tennessee Williams 'A book to read, cherish and remember - and to show us again why we need books as well as bread.' Morning Star; '[An] extraordinarily vivid, uncensored immediacy ... Using only undemonstrative prose, and asking for no special sympathy, Choukri conveys the experience of struggling to survive in a harsh world of dusty streets and unforgiving sunlight.' Nicolas Clee, Guardian; 'Five stars ... Achingly elegant ... Choukri's irrepressible, ultimately indomitable spirit is most touching and human.' Independent; 'Richly descriptive and engaging ... An enjoyable and worthwhile read.' Socialist Review

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