num_pages: 120
description: This long-awaited English-language debut from Morocco's most prominent contemporary writer won the Prix Gouncourt de Nouvelles France's most prestigious literary award for best story collection. Laroui uses surrealism laugh-out-loud humor and profound compassion across a variety of literary styles to highlight the absurdity of the human condition exploring the realities of life in a world where everything is foreign.Fouad Laroui has published over twenty novels and collections of short stories poetry and essays. Laroui teaches econometrics and environmental science at the University of Amsterdam and lives between Amsterdam Paris and Casablanca.
language: None
title: The Curious Case of Dassoukine’s Trousers
publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing