Fugitive Light

An Arab artist in Tangier grapples with political and erotic issues in this pivotal work by the most celebrated Moroccan author of the past twenty-five years.

About the author

Mohammed Berrada is a key figure in Moroccan letters. His works of fiction include the acclaimed The Game of Forgetting, A Summer Never To Be Repeated, and a short story anthology, Shinning. His other books include works on literary criticism and theory, and several translations from the French.

Issa J. Boullata is professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal. He is a well-known literary scholar, critic and translator. He translated Berrada's first novel, The Game of Forgetting.

Summary

Al Ayshuni, a middle-aged painter, has fallen in love with a younger woman, the alluring Ghaylana. But fate intervenes when she leaves him for new adventures in Spain. Now, Al Ayshuni befriends Ghaylana's impressionable daughter and fights to recapture the "fugitive light" of his youth.

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad Baradah, Mohammed Berrada, Muhamed Berrada
• Assisted by: Issa Boullata (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2002
• EAN: 9780815607496
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0749-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 202 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Series: Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Translation
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature