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A Tunisian Tale
After ne'er-do-wells spread rumors about a widowed mother's weak moral character among the people of a slum on the outskirts of Tunis that festers with migrants who have come to the metropolis from the heartland in search of a better life, her twenty-year-old son takes matters into his own hands and commits an unspeakable crime.
Book Details
- Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
- Publish Date: Jan 30th, 2016
- Pages: 152
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.80in - 5.70in - 0.50in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9789774167416
- Categories: • Psychological• Literary• World Literature - Middle East - Egypt & North Africa
About the Author
Mosbahi, Hassouna: - Hassouna Mosbahi was born in Kairouan, Tunisia, in 1950. He received the National Novel Prize (Tunisia) in 1986 and the Tukan Prize (Munich) in 2000. A Tunisian Tale is his first novel to be published in English.
Weiss, Max: - Max Weiss is assistant professor of history and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the translator of several Arabic novels.
Praise for this book
"A Tunisian Tale really is quite a unique piece of fiction in contemporary Arabic literature. It is a novel that challenges both thematic and stylistic conventions."--Arabic Literature
"As in the real Tunisia, death by burning launches a thousand stories. Mosbahi's pacing is excellent, and this book holds its reader ever at the edge of his seat . . . makes for a witty, teasing, and delightful read."--Egypt Independent
"A Tunisian Tale is an incredibly kinetic book, which will pick you up and swirl you through a chute of hypocrisy and contradiction right to its invigorating conclusion."--ELEUTHEROPHOBIA