by Ahmed Toufiq
|
by Abd Al-Rahman Munif
|
The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist (Interlink World Fiction Series) by Emile Habiby |
by Mohamed Choukri
|
by Michael A. Sells
|
See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.
|
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
Editorial Reviews
From Kirkus Reviews
The Game of Forgetting ($10.95 paperback original; June 1996; 150 pp.; 0-292-70845-9). Subtitled ``A Novelistic Text,'' this densely layered portrait of family life in 1950s Morocco employs multiple narrators, alternative beginnings, and other self-reflexive and postmodernist techniques to depict its protagonist, the young intellectual Hadi, very specifically as a product of his unstable culture and in his conflicted relations with the members of his large extended family--all of whom are viewed as having contributed crucially to the formation of what might be called his polyglot personality. Both as theory and as story, a wise, humane, and deeply involving work. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
On the surface of this novel, various members of a Moroccan family recount their versions of the family's experiences under the French Protectorate and since Independence. On a deeper level, the book deals with human memory and how it forms one's experience of the world. Some critics have found the Arabic original to be similar to Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Outstanding Moroccan novelist and critic Mohamed Berrada first published Lu'bat al-Nisyan in 1987, and it has since been translated into French and Spanish. Called the first postmodern novel in Arabic, the story is written in such a captivating style that it has become a bestseller in the Arab world. Apart from its postmodern modes of narration and metafictional structure, the novel has elements of an autobiographical nature. Hadi, his mother, brother and other characters subtly portray the lives experienced by people from various classes and different backgrounds. The narrator and the narrator's narrator take these nuances and struggle with how a story, any story, should be told. Change in Moroccan culture and in the psyche of the main protagonist is painted artfully by the encircling wealth of detail. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
The Game of Forgetting ($10.95 paperback original; June 1996; 150 pp.; 0-292-70845-9). Subtitled ``A Novelistic Text,'' this densely layered portrait of family life in 1950s Morocco employs multiple narrators, alternative beginnings, and other self-reflexive and postmodernist techniques to depict its protagonist, the young intellectual Hadi, very specifically as a product of his unstable culture and in his conflicted relations with the members of his large extended family--all of whom are viewed as having contributed crucially to the formation of what might be called his polyglot personality. Both as theory and as story, a wise, humane, and deeply involving work. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
On the surface of this novel, various members of a Moroccan family recount their versions of the family's experiences under the French Protectorate and since Independence. On a deeper level, the book deals with human memory and how it forms one's experience of the world. Some critics have found the Arabic original to be similar to Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. Outstanding Moroccan novelist and critic Mohamed Berrada first published Lu'bat al-Nisyan in 1987, and it has since been translated into French and Spanish. Called the first postmodern novel in Arabic, the story is written in such a captivating style that it has become a bestseller in the Arab world. Apart from its postmodern modes of narration and metafictional structure, the novel has elements of an autobiographical nature. Hadi, his mother, brother and other characters subtly portray the lives experienced by people from various classes and different backgrounds. The narrator and the narrator's narrator take these nuances and struggle with how a story, any story, should be told. Change in Moroccan culture and in the psyche of the main protagonist is painted artfully by the encircling wealth of detail. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Look Inside This Book
Citations
(learn more)
4
books
cite this book:
- Footprint Marrakech & the High Atlas Handbook by Justin McGuinness on page 73
- The Backpacker's Bible: Your Essential Guide to Round-the-World Travel by Suzanne King on page 190
- Geomodernisms: Race, Modernism, Modernity by Laura Doyle in Back Matter
- Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East: Second Edition by Donna Lee Bowen in Back Matter
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet. Create your own review
| |||
Video reviews
|
 |
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
Product Information from the Amapedia Community
Beta (What's this?)Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.
› See featured Amapedia.com articles
So You'd Like to...
|
|
Look for Similar Items by Category
Items Eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping |
Best Books of 2008 |
Say, "Oof Da!" |
Table Saws with FREE Super Saver Shipping |
|||||||
|
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
