Look and Move On [Hardcover]

Mohammed Mrabet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1989

Recounts incidents from Mrabet's youth on the streets of Tangier. Starting with the author's adventures as a poor Moroccan boy later taken to the USA by a besotted couple, this culminates in an account of Mrabet's life in the household of Jane and Paul Bowles. With Paul, who is himself one of America's most important contemporary writers, he meets such writers as Tennessee Williams and Christopher Isherwood. As well as being a talented artist, Mrabet has written a number of books with Bowles, which have been published in the U.K., the U.S., and elsewhere. Skill...candour...striking clarity...chilling directness."" - City Limits.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Arabic (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd; First Edition edition (December 31, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0720607566
• ISBN-13: 978-0720607567
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,726,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A life of sin and magic set in the shadows of Morocco., September 9, 2000

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John McCormack (Mahopac, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Look and Move On (Hardcover)

This is a fantastic book, Mrabet is a master story teller. His lines are raw and simple, chisled directly into the paper. At times the style reminded me of Hemmingway. His works have been confused with Paul Bowles own before (a credit to Mrabet's own genious), mainly because of the content with its tales of swift, brutal violence,exotic enviroments, and bizarre imagination. Mrabet,though, is far more influenced by traditional Moroccan folk lore. This book is Mrabet's autobiograghy as told to Bowles. Every fan of Paul or Jane Bowles will want to check it out because it involves his job as servant to the couple. We get to see their relationship through his own eyes. Most of the epiosodes in his life involve robbing ,manipulating, and conning rich american tourists. Theirs also a great deal of Moroccan superstitions, magic, poisons, witchcraft, and plenty of other real life adventures into the under-belly of Moroccan culture. A valuble and fancinating take on a world and way of thinking us westerner's will never get the chance to experience.