num_pages: 352
description: Originally published in 1953 (in English in 1955), The Pillar of Salt the semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia. To gain access to privileged French society, he must reject his many identities – Jew, Arab, and African. But, on the eve of World War II, he is forced to come to terms with his loyalties and his past.
language: English
title: The Pillar of Salt
titlecomplete: The Pillar of Salt
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Judaism, Tunisia, France, Historical Fiction, Jewish, Fiction, Africa, African Literature
ratings_count: 373
publisher: Beacon Press