Portrait of a Jew by Albert Memmi (translated from the French by Elisabeth Abbott; 99,000 words)In this memoir and extended meditation on Jewish identity and anti-Semitic stereotypes written in France in the early 1960s, A...
The decorative dustjacket adds much to this vintage hardcover. (Don' t buy this one without the jacket) The dustjacket does show moderate wear along the edges from shelving and a sticker on the front. Book is clean and bright inside, VG+. LISTEDBY(KA...
Originally published in 1955, The Pillar of Salt the semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia. To gain access to privileged French society, he must reject his many identities â€" Jew, Arab, and African. Bu...
Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first published in France in 1977, TheDesert tells the story of al-Mammi, a young exiled prince of a now-destroyedJewish kingdom in southern Morocco in the late fourteenth century. Fightingbattles in the service of...