| A Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me Contributor(s): Fadel, Youssef (Author), Smolin, Jonathan (Translator) |
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ISBN: 9774167546 ISBN-13: 9789774167546 Publisher: Hoopoe OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Historical - General |
| Series: Hoopoe Fiction Aucp |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 248 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Spring, 1990. After years of searching in vain, a stranger passes a scrap of paper to Zina. It's from Aziz: the man who vanished the day after their wedding almost two decades ago. It propels Zina on a final quest for a secret desert jail in southern Morocco, where her husband crouches in despair, dreaming of his former life. Youssef Fadel pays powerful testament to a terrible period in Morocco's history, known as 'the Years of Cinders and Lead, ' and masterfully evokes the suffering inflicted on those who supported the failed coup against King Hassan II in 1972. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fadel, Youssef: - Award-winning Moroccan novelist and screenwriter Youssef Fadel was born in Casablanca in 1949. During Morocco's 'Years of Lead' he was imprisoned in the notorious Moulay Cherif prison (1974-75). A Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me is his ninth novel. He lives in Casablanca, Morocco.Smolin, Jonathan: - Translator Jonathan Smolin is the author of the critically acclaimed Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture (2013). He lives in Hanover, NH. |