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Fiction in Translation
English edition
July 2015
152 pp.
Paperback
15X23 cm
$14.95
LE100
ISBN 9789774167416
For sale worldwide
July 2015
152 pp.
Paperback
15X23 cm
$14.95
LE100
ISBN 9789774167416
For sale worldwide
was born in Kairouan, Tunisia, in 1950. He received the National Novel Prize (Tunisia) in 1986 and the Tukan Prize (Munich) in 2000. A Tunisian Tale is his first novel to be published in English.
is assistant professor of history and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University. He is the translator of several Arabic novels.
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"A Tunisian Tale really is quite a unique piece of fiction in contemporary Arabic literature. It is a novel that challenges both thematic and stylistic conventions."—Max Weiss, Arabic Literature (in English) <br><br>
“As in the real Tunisia, death by burning launches a thousand stories. Mosbahi’s pacing is excellent, and this book holds its reader ever at the edge of his seat. [A Tunisian Tale] makes for a witty, teasing, and delightful read.”—Egypt Independent
"'A Tunisian Tale' is an incredibly kinetic book, which will pick you up and swirl you through a chute of hypocrisy and contradiction right to its invigorating conclusion."—ELEUTHEROPHOBIA
“As in the real Tunisia, death by burning launches a thousand stories. Mosbahi’s pacing is excellent, and this book holds its reader ever at the edge of his seat. [A Tunisian Tale] makes for a witty, teasing, and delightful read.”—Egypt Independent
"'A Tunisian Tale' is an incredibly kinetic book, which will pick you up and swirl you through a chute of hypocrisy and contradiction right to its invigorating conclusion."—ELEUTHEROPHOBIA
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