The shutters / Ahmed Bouanani ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouanani, Ahmed, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Ramadan, Emma, translator.

Standardized Title:

Persiennes. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xi, 127 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.

Summary:

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 années 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."

Notes:

"First published as a New Directions Paperbook (NDP1410) in 2018"

The Shutters was originally published in Morocco as Les Persiennes (1980) by Éditions Stouky. Photograms was originally published in France as Photogrammes (1989) by Éditions Avant-Quart.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Bouanani, Ahmed. Shutters.

ISBN:

9780811227841

0811227847

OCLC:

1005690080