I, caustic / Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine ; translated by Jake Syersak ; with a postface by Khalid Lyamlahy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khaïr-Eddine, Mohammed, 1941-1995, author.

Contributor:

Syersak, Jake, translator.

Lyamlahy, Khalid, 1986- writer of postface.

Standardized Title:

Moi, l'aigre. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Khaïr-Eddine, Mohammed, 1941-1995--Translations into English.

Khaïr-Eddine, Mohammed.

Khaïr-Eddine, Mohammed, 1941-1995.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Translations.

Physical Description:

168 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Litmus Press ; Berkeley, California : Small Press Distribution, [2022]

Summary:

"I, Caustic is the first English-language translation of Amazigh Moroccan author Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine's Moi, l'aigre (Éditions du Seuil, 1970). Once hailed as the "Rimbaud of the Maghreb," Khaïr-Eddine is widely considered a titan of avant-garde literature, and his writing has garnered comparisons to other celebrated Francophone writers such as Antonin Artaud, Samuel Beckett, and Aimé Césaire. I, Caustic is Khaïr-Eddine's wildly irreverent and vitriolic condemnation of colonization and political repression-composed in a vertiginous, polyvocal collage of fiction, memoir, poetry, political and literary manifesto, drama, historical narrative, and reportage. I, Caustic speaks directly to the conditions of the Moroccan "Years of Lead," and also to our own political moment, with a relevance rendered immediate through Syersak's skillful translation. This book is a poetic call to arms against all forms of authoritarianism-written, spoken, or otherwise"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781933959535

1933959533

OCLC:

1300754726

Publisher Number:

99993164232