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A remarkable novel.
-- Publishers Weekly
An engrossing depiction of a moral dilemma. . . Ben Jelloun paces this anatomy of a quandary perfectly, letting us hear the dueling voices of Mourad's conscience and sense the twinge of madness such a fierce inner debate engenders.
-- Booklist
An unusually thought-provoking read.
-- Time Out New York
Ben Jelloun is a writer of social and moral acuteness.
-- Los Angeles Times
The philosophical sophistication of an Albert Camus novel. . . and the fast tempo of a good yarn.
-- San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle
This novel works like a bolt of lightning to illuminate the mysterious shadows of Casablanca. . . Ben Jelloun carries on the intellectual heritage of Albert Camus and is also a master minimalist.
-- Washington Times
Corruption
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"An engrossing depiction of a moral dilemma "(Booklist) from the north African winner of the prix Goncourt.
Spare, elegant, prose. . . with a sly black humor.
-- Village Voice
Winner of the Prix Goncourt and the 1994 Prix Maghreb, Tahar Ben Jelloun is one of the most acclaimed novelists writing in French today. Casablanca and Tangier provide the backdrops for Corruption, an exotic and erotic tale of modern-day morality about Mourad, the last honest man in Morocco. After a lifetime of resistance, Mourad finally gives in to the demands of his materialistic wife and accepts "commissions" for his work: just one envelope stuffed with cash, then another. . .
Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Moroccan poet and writer. The entirety of his work is written in French, although his first language is Arabic.
Fiction
Fall 1996
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 144 pages
978-1-56584-296-0
Fall 1996
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 144 pages
978-1-56584-296-0
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