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Year of the Elephant, A Moroccan Women's Journey Toward Independence and other Stories

Year of the Elephant, A Moroccan Women's Journey Toward Independence and other Stories

by Leila Abouzeid

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 125 PAGES

A short novel, first published in Arabic in 1983, set during the Moroccan struggle for independence. Its heroine fights against French colonialism -- and the constraints of her sex and class. This edition includes eight brief stories in addition.  (MRC37, $16.00)


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