Demoiselles of Numidia by Leftah, Mohamed

Demoiselles of Numidia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781635420661)

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Demoiselles of Numidia by Leftah, Mohamed

Demoiselles of Numidia

$16.99
Demoiselles of Numidia by Leftah, Mohamed

Demoiselles of Numidia

$16.99
Format: Paperback
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The acclaimed Moroccan author's debut novel, this stunning portrait of the world of sex work describes its sordid reality with beautiful, poetic prose.

Available now for the first time in English, Demoiselles of Numidia offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of young women working in a Casablanca brothel--their relationships with each other and with their pimps, their dramas, and the rare moments of happiness that bloom in this violent underbelly.

Originally published in French in 1992, the novel quickly established Mohamed Leftah as one of Morocco's great writers. It showcases the extraordinary combination of elegant language and graphic physicality, as well as the nuanced questioning of traditional gender roles, which would come to characterize his works.

Author: Mohamed Leftah
ISBN-10: 1635420660
ISBN-13: 9781635420661
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.36w x 0.65d
By Mohamed Leftah
By Mohamed Leftah
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Mohamed Leftah was a writer and journalist born in Settat, Morocco, in 1946. He attended engineering school in Paris and then returned in 1972 to Morocco, where he became a literary critic for Le Matin du Sahara and Le Temps du Maroc. His career as a novelist began with the publication of the critically acclaimed Demoiselles de Numidie in 1992, followed by ten more novels over the next nineteen years. Captain Ni'mat's Last Battle (Other Press, 2022) was his first novel to be published in English. He died of cancer in 2008.

Lara Vergnaud is a translator of prose, creative nonfiction, and scholarly works from the French. She is the recipient of two PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize, and has been nominated for the National Translation Award. She lives in Washington, DC.

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