Return to Childhood : The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation)

return to childhood : the memoir of a modern moroccan woman (cmes modern middle east literature in translation)

Return to Childhood : The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation)

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Leila Abouzeid, whose novel Year of the Elephant has gone through six reprintings, has now translated her childhood memoir into English. Published in Rabat in 1993 to critical acclaim, the work brings to life the interlocking dramas of family ties and political conflict. Against a background of Morocco's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, Abouzeid charts the development of personal relationships, between generations as well as between husbands and wives. Abouzeid's father is a central figure; as a strong advocate of Moroccan nationalism, he was frequently imprisoned by the French and his family forced to flee the capital. Si Hmed was a public hero, but the young daughter's memories of her famous father and of the family's plight because of his political activities are not so idyllic.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Arabic

Return to Childhood: The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation),Leila Abouzeid,Heather Logan Taylor,Elizabeth Fernea,Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin,0292704909,1950-,Abu Zayd, Layla,,AbÃ¥u Zayd, LaylÃ¢a,,Arabic Prose,Authors, Arab,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Childhood and youth,Essays,Literary,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics,Middle Eastern,Morocco,Women,Women Authors,Women and literature,Abu Zayd, Laylá,Arabic,Biography & Autobiography / Women,Biography: general

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