Reading Mohamed Choukri's narratives : hunger in Eden /
edited by Jonas Elbousty and Roger Allen.
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature .
- Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature. .
Introduction / Jonas Elbousty & Roger Allen -- Mohamed Choukri's short stories : Flower crazy and The tent / Jonas Elbousty -- Moroccan literary history and Muhammed Shukri / Roger Allen -- Translation and cultural appropriation : Paul Bowles' translation of Mohamed Choukri's al-Khubz al-Ḥāfīi / Qussay al-Attabi -- Translating Mohamed Choukri : between manipulation and rewriting / Hanan Bennoudi -- Intersectional violence in Mohammed Choukri's novel Streetwise / Touria Khannous -- Negotiating space : reclaiming the spatial gender boundaries of Tangier in Muḥammad Shukri's autobiographical novel Wujüh (Faces) / Mbarek Sryfi -- Sex work was hiring : disguised sociopolitical critique in For bread alone and Zifzaf's The woman and the rose / Ian Campbell -- Mohamed Choukri : when literature offers biting social critique / Anouar El Younssi -- The poetics of apostasy : how Mohamed Choukri resists ideological appropriation / Natalie Khazaal -- Tyranny across Choukri and Kafka : systems of power within the father / Mustafa Zewar.
"Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan literature. Known primarily for his groundbreaking autobiographical work "al-Khubz al-Ḥāfī" (For Bread Alone), Choukri's literary influence extends well beyond this single work. This book seeks to cast a light on his broader body of work, examining the cultural, societal, and personal influences that shaped his unique storytelling style. Through a deep analysis of his narratives, this text aims to unfold how Choukri portrayed the harsh realities he and others encountered, giving voice to the marginalized individuals and communities in Morocco"--