A Life Full of Holes: 18 ("Rebel Inc." Classics S.) - Softcover

Charhadi, Driss Ben Hamed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862419492 ISBN 13: 9780862419493

Publisher: Rebel inc., 1999

Synopsis

Charhadi's young narrator is a loner, always in dire poverty, and at turns a shepherd, a baker's helper, a petty trafficker in kif, he is continually used, abused and cheated. Yet his optimism and faith in humanity is nver dimmed despite betrayals, beatings and imprisonment.

About this title

Review:

"Charhadi has written the first novel ever produced in Moghrebi. The work is not is not only unprecedented, it is also very good, and much of it is marvellous." -- Alfred Chester, Book Week

"The good story-teller keeps the thread of his narrative almost equally taut at all points. This Charhadi accomplished apparently without effort. He never hesitated; he never varied the intensity of his eloquence...Nothing needed to be added, deleted or altered." -- Paul Bowles

From the Back Cover:

A Life Full Of Holes is one of the most unusual books ever written and came about through a collaboration between the writer Paul Bowles and a young illiterate Arab who spoke his tale into Bowles' tape-recorder; it was later transcribed and translated.

Charhadi's young narrator is a loner, always in dire poverty, and at turns a shepherd, a baker's helper, a petty trafficker in kif - he is continually used, abused and cheated. Yet his optimism and faith in humanity is never dimmed despite betrayals, beatings and imprisonment.

Charhadi's unique and fascinating story, underpinned by the cultural collisions between East and West, is essentially a tale of survival, told with dignity, humour and insight.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rebel inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0862419492
• ISBN 13: 9780862419493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320