The Shutters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811227841)

The Shutters collects the two most important poetry collections--"The Shutters" and "Photograms"--by the legendary Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouanani. By intertwining myth and tradition with the familiar objects and smells of his lived present, Bouanani reconstructs vivid images of Morocco's past. He weaves together references to the Second World War, the Spanish and French protectorates, the Rif War, dead soldiers, prisoners, and poets screaming in their tombs with mouths full of dirt. His poetry, written in an imposed language with a "strange alphabet," bravely confronts the violence of his country's history--particularly during the period of les ann馥s de plomb, the years of lead--all of which bears the brutal imprint of colonization. As Bouanani writes, "These memories retrace the seasons of a country that was quickly forgetful of its past, indifferent to its present, constantly turning its back on the future."

Author: Ahmed Bouanani
ISBN-10: 0811227847
ISBN-13: 9780811227841
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2018
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2018 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 05/21/2018