The Bottom of the Jar
Abdellatif Laabi
The Bottom of the Jar - Archipelago Books - 232 pages
The Bottom of the Jar is an exploration of Laabi's childhood in his native city of Fez - a journey undertaken through the eyes of Namoussa, the narrator, who serves as Laabi's semi-fictional alter ego. Yet the novel is not only a personal testament of Laabi's early years, but is a work of great social and political import; one that reflects on and evokes the charged atmosphere during the final days of French colonial occupation of Morocco and the painful road to independence. The Bottom of the Jar is an entertaining, warm and lyrical elegy.
9781935744603
783151782
2012051041
Historical Fiction
Biographical Fiction
PQ3989.2.L23 F6613
843
The Bottom of the Jar - Archipelago Books - 232 pages
The Bottom of the Jar is an exploration of Laabi's childhood in his native city of Fez - a journey undertaken through the eyes of Namoussa, the narrator, who serves as Laabi's semi-fictional alter ego. Yet the novel is not only a personal testament of Laabi's early years, but is a work of great social and political import; one that reflects on and evokes the charged atmosphere during the final days of French colonial occupation of Morocco and the painful road to independence. The Bottom of the Jar is an entertaining, warm and lyrical elegy.
9781935744603
783151782
2012051041
Historical Fiction
Biographical Fiction
PQ3989.2.L23 F6613
843