Bibliograph

The punishment, Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale

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The punishment, Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The punishment

Responsibility statement

Tahar Ben Jelloun ; translated from the French by Linda Coverdale

Series statement

A Margellos World Republic of Letters book

Summary

In 1967, Tahar Ben Jelloun, a peaceful young political protestor, was one of nearly a hundred hapless men taken into punitive custody by the Moroccan army. Not all of them survived. The narrator's traumatic experience reveals both his helpless terror and his desperate hope to survive

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Translator's Prefac -- Off to El Hajeb -- Last Moments of Freedom -- Akka -- Medical Exam -- Punished by His Majesty -- Heavy Stones out in the Sun -- Maneuvers in the Rain -- Mohammed V Hospital -- An Evening chez Ababou -- The Convoy -- Ahermoumou -- On Sophisticated Brutality -- Daily Life -- Liberation Yes, Liberation No -- On the Outside -- June 5, 1971 -- The Surprise -- Translator's Notes -- Translator's Afterword

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