Choukri mohammed (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A true story of human desperation, shattering in its impact.--Tennessee WilliamsDriven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But his father is unable to find work and grows violent. Mohamed learns how to charm and steal. During a short spell in a filthy Moroccan jail, a fellow inmate kindles his life-altering love of poetry.The distinguished writer Paul Bowles, perhaps best known for his novel The Sheltering Sky, collaborated closely with Mohamed Choukri on the translation of For Bread Alone, and penned the introduction.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 131pp. Printed perfectbound wrappers. Wrappers sunned at the spine and edges, very good. Contains work in translation, including Heinrich Böll translated by D. & B. Perlmutter; Peter Handke translated by Ralph Manheim; Mohammed Choukri translated by Paul Bowles; Harry Martinson and Werner Aspenström, both translated by Leif Sjöberg and W.H. Auden; Medieval Portuguese poetry translated by Willard Trask; Miguel Hernandez translated by Phillip Levine; E.M. Cioran translated by Richard Howard; Eugene Ionesco translated by Eugenia Wolfowicz, and more.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 131pp. Printed perfectbound wrappers. Bottom edge with a small spot, spine slightly sunned, very good. Contains work in translation, including Heinrich Böll translated by D. & B. Perlmutter; Peter Handke translated by Ralph Manheim; Mohammed Choukri translated by Paul Bowles; Harry Martinson and Werner Aspenström, both translated by Leif Sjöberg and W.H. Auden; Medieval Portuguese poetry translated by Willard Trask; Miguel Hernandez translated by Phillip Levine; E.M. Cioran translated by Richard Howard; Eugene Ionesco translated by Eugenia Wolfowicz and more.…

Zustand: Very Good. Bon état. poche. 1981. Broché. 160 pages. Very Good.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R160076604: 1983. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 157 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 890-Littératures des autres langues.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R160076605: 1982. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 157 pages; rousseurs sur intérieur des plats; couverture tâchée/partiellement jaunie. . . . Classification Dewey : 890-Littératures des autres langues.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. Limited Edition of 200 signed / numbered hardcovers and 26 signed / lettered, of which this is number 164. Octavo (23.6cm); publisher's clear acetate jacket over illustrated paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine and paper title card; 145pp. Acetate jacket crisp, with some faint scuffs and dust-soiling. Paper panels foxed and spotted. Heavy foxing to pages [6]-7 and 18-19, with scattered much-lighter foxing occasionally throughout. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by Choukri, Layachi, Mrabet, and Bowles on tipped-in sheet following title page. [Miller A36.c].…

dj. First Edition. First edition. 145, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards with red cloth backstrip, paper title label. Fine in original acetate wrapper, slightly cloudy. A collection of stories by five Moroccan authors, all except Choukri's being spoken texts only. American novelist and composer Paul Bowles transcribed them, his writing talents coming in handy to create a very different sort of short story than American readers are typically used to: very unpretentious and oddly entrancing. Mrabet, Choukri, and Layachi (initially writing as Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi) all wrote a number of books, most translated by Bowles.…