{"product_id":"the-burial-and-other-short-mohammed-khazr-eddine-9780813954707","title":"The Burial and Other Short Prose, 1963-1994","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of works by one of twentieth-century Morocco's greatest writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Appearing for the first time in English translation, this is the only career-spanning collection of short prose by the fiery, radical Moroccan writer Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, beginning with the first story he ever published (which won the Prix de la nouvelle maghrébine) and ending with a posthumously published monologue written in the voice of an African head of state worrying about the fragility of the nation his death is about to bereave. Throughout his celebrated career, Khaïr-Eddine's work mused on exile, on his use of the French language rather than his native Chleuh, on the colonial pacification of the Moroccan hinterlands, and on his ancestors. Like the young boy he remembers corralling fish in the seasonal streams of southern Morocco, or the unfortunate travelers waylaid by djinns and hyenas, Khaïr-Eddine finds there is life even in the desert and there is wisdom abounding in the asylum--one need only be patient enough to see it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813954703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813954707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066639429887,"sku":"9780813954707","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1d9010a-e950-4c75-8f47-3fd5f53765df.jpg?v=1768679602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-burial-and-other-short-mohammed-khazr-eddine-9780813954707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}