The simple past
By: by Driss Chraibi ; translated by Hugh A. Harter from Le Passé simple.
Edition: 1st English language ed.
Publisher: Three Continents Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Berbers -- Fiction; Africa -- Fiction
Description: Upon its release in 1954, the book had the effect of a bombshell, both in France and Morocco, which was fighting for its independence. With a rare violence, the book projected the French-speaking North African novel to major topics: weight of Islam, Women in Arab society, cultural identity, conflict of civilizations.